Performance of Nationalism - India, Pakistan, and the Memory of Partition

Jisha Menon's book explores the mimetic relationships between history and political performance and between India and Pakistan.

Sommario

1. Introduction; 2. Bordering on drama: the performance of politics and the politics of performance; 3. Ghatak's cinema and the discoherence of the Bengal partition; 4. The poetics and politics of accommodation; 5. Somatic texts and the gender of partition; 6. Kashmir: hospitality and the 'unfinished business' of partition.

Info autore

Jisha Menon is Assistant Professor of Drama at Stanford University, California.

Riassunto

Imagine the patriotic camaraderie of national day parades. How does performance generate patriotic loyalty? How crucial is performance for the sustenance of the nation? This book offers a fresh analysis of nationalism from the perspective of performance and will appeal to those with an interest in history, culture or politics.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jisha Menon, Jisha (Stanford University Menon
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781108468565
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46856-5
• Pagine: 272
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre; Cambridge Studies in Modern Th; Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; Pakistan, Nationalism, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, India, Theatre Studies, Black & Asian Studies