Folk Theatres of North India: Contestation, Amalgamation and Transference

by Karan Singh

Book Overview

This book examines folk theatres of North India as a unique performative structure, a counter stream to the postulations of Sanskrit and Western realistic theatre. In focusing on their historical, social and cultural imprints, it explores how these theatres challenge the linearity of cultural history and subvert cultural hegemony. The book looks at diverse forms of theatre such as svangs, nautanki, tamasha, all with conventions like open performative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032176385
• ISBN13: 9781032176383
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"