Globalization, Nationalism and the Text of 'Kichaka-Vadha'

The First English Translation of the Marathi Anticolonial Classic, with a Historical Analysis of Theatre in British India

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume offers the first English translation of one of India's most celebrated works of anticolonial resistance. It is also the first edition of the play to provide an extensive historical-critical commentary and to draw on a comprehensive range of colonial archival documents.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9781783082650
• ISBN-10: 1783082658
• Artikelnr.: 41165944

Autorenporträt

Rakesh H. Solomon teaches in the Department of Theatre and Drama and the India Studies Program at Indiana University Bloomington. He is the author of 'Albee in Performance' (Indiana University Press, 2010) and has published widely on both American theatre as well as South Asian theatre. 

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I: Globalization, Nationalism and Theatre in British India: The Historical Terrain of 'Kichaka-Vadha'
Part II: Kichaka-Vadha, or The Slaying of Kichaka
A Note on the Translation
List of Characters
Act One
Act Two
Act Three
Act Four
Act Five
Key Terms
Index