In-Between Worlds - Performing [As] Bauls in an Age of Extremism

This book examines the performance of Bauls 'folk' performers from Bengal, in the context of a rapidly globalizing Indian economy and against the backdrop of extreme nationalistic discourses.

List of contents

List of Images
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Introducing the Bauls
Chapter 2. Rabindranath Tagore and the Bauls: The Representation and Performance of Bauls as Sociopolitical Actors
Chapter 3. The Performance of Baul Festivals: Examining the Nature of 'Folk' in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 4. Cosmopolitan Bauls: Not Real, Not Not Real Baul Performances in a 'Global' Context
Chapter 5. In-Between Borderlines: Exploring Spaces of 'Revolutionary Love' Within the Baul-Fakir world in Bangladesh
Afterword
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Sukanya Chakrabarti is an artist-scholar and Associate Professor, Theatre Arts, at San Jose State University.

Summary

This book examines the performance of Bauls ‘folk’ performers from Bengal, in the context of a rapidly globalizing Indian economy and against the backdrop of extreme nationalistic discourses.

Product details

• Authors: Sukanya Chakrabarti
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9780367757267
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75726-7
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology