Gender, Culture, and Performance: Marathi Theatre and Cinema Before Independence

ISBN-13: 9780367176990 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 412 str.

Meera Kosambi

Opis

This book captures the social and cultural history of Maharashtra from the 1840s to Independence. Tracing the emergence and the developmental stages of Marathi theatre and cinema, the volume unravels how public entertainment formed an integral part of culture, while also discussing defining moments in theatre, major playwrights, actors, the young film industry as well as gender politics in the realm of the stage and silver screen.

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Vishnudas Bhave‘s Stylised Mythologicals (1843) 2. Prose Plays: Reinventing and Founding Traditions (c. 1860) 3. B.P. Kirloskar‘s Musical Plays (1880) 4. New Paradigms of Social Realism (1930s) 5. The Kirloskar Trio: Deval, Kolhatkar, Gadkari 6. Natyacharya Khadilkar: Ideology and Entertainment 7. Selected Renowned Playwrights 8. Major Theatre Companies 9. The Theatre World 10. Enter Women: Pioneering Women Dramatists and Actresses 11. Bal Gandharva: From Female Impersonator to Icon of New Womanhood 12. Drama as a Mode of Discourse 13. Silent Films and Talkies 14. The Early Silver Stars. References. About the Author. Index

O autorze

Meera Kosambi is a sociologist and was formerly Professor and Director of the Research Centre for Women‘s Studies at the Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (S.N.D.T.) Women‘s University, Mumbai, Maharashtra.