Performing the Radical : India in the 21st Century.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boles, William C., editor.

Hartl, Anja, editor.

Sengupta, Ashis, editor.

Series:

Methuen Drama Agitations: Text, Politics and Performances.

Methuen Drama Agitations: Text, Politics and Performances

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--India.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : Methuen Drama, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This revealing volume rethinks notions of the radical in India's current political climate by exploring a diverse range of contemporary theatre and performance, appealing to scholars not only in India but around the globe.

Contents:

List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Ashis Sengupta (University of North Bengal, India) 1. Theatre on the Barricades: An Enquiry into the Performative Turn of Protest, its Potentials and Precariat Locations Brahma Prakash (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India) 2. Performing Adivasiyat/Indigeneity: Creating an Alternative Worldview Subodh Kunwer (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India) 3. Nearness as Radical: Overwhelming Proximity and Environments of Theatre in Amitesh Grover's Work Trina Nileena Banerjee (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta, India) 4. 'Making a Fist': Voices from the Cracks Anuja Ghosalkar (founder of Drama Queen, India) 5. Pandemic Works: Care and its Radical Imperatives Gargi Bharadwaj (Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, O.P. Jindal Global University, India) and Anita E. Cherian (School of Culture and Creative Expressions, Dr BR Ambedkar University Delhi, India) 6. Radical Breakthroughs: Challenging the Edifices of Gender and Sexuality in Classical and Contemporary Dance/Performance A. Mangai (formerly Stella Maris College, Chennai, India) 7. The Kashmir Trilogy: A Conversation with Abhishek Majumdar An online interview by Ashis Sengupta 8. Deepan Sivaraman's Ubu Roi: A Scenographic Foray against Authoritarianism Ashis Sengupta ((University of North Bengal, India)) 9. The Voice from the Margin: Bodo Theatre Practice and Okhrang-The Sky Jeetumoni Basumatary (Cotton University, Assam, India) 10. Performing Faith in the Land of Eighteen Tides: Exploring the Radical in 'Bonbibir Pala' Haimanti Mukhoti (University of Warwick, UK) Index

ISBN:

1-350-46564-X

1-350-46562-3

9781350465626

OCLC:

1574116928