Development Dramas - Reimagining Rural Political Action in Eastern India

This book uses political theatre to trace the present-day protests in West Bengal against the Left government's acquisition of agricultural land for industrialisation to decades of public protest by the rural Bengali against an accumulated dispossession of meanings.

List of contents

Acknowledgments PART I Introduction: Reimagining Development and Rural Political Action 1. Development Dramas and World-Historical Anomalies 2. The Work of Political Theatre in a Democratic Place 3. Political Society in Formation: Staging Early Critiques PART II 4. Spect-Actors of History 5. Spoiled Sons and Sincere Daughters: Schooling, Security, and Empowerment 6. Have They Disabled Us? Liquor Production and Grammars of Material Distress and Distribution 7. The Snake-Goddess and her Antidote: Compelling Collectivity Against Inequality and Uncertainty Conclusion References Index

About the author

Dia da Costa is Assistant Professor, Department of Global Development Studies, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.

Summary

This book uses political theatre to trace the present-day protests in West Bengal against the Left government's acquisition of agricultural land for industrialisation to decades of public protest by the rural Bengali against an accumulated dispossession of meanings.

Product details

• Authors: Dia Da Costa, Dia da Costa
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138662599
• ISBN: 978-1-138-66259-9
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Ethnic Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, Theatre Studies, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Rural communities / rural life