Diana Dimitrova (Professor of Hinduism and South Asian Traditions

Cultural Identity in Hindi Plays

Poetics, Politics, and Theatre in India

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Produktbeschreibung

This book deals with the interface between identity, culture and literature. It studies questions of cultural identity and gender in Hindi plays of the 19th- and 20th- centuries and the interplay of poetics and politics, as revealed in the work of several influential playwrights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9780192869067
• ISBN-10: 019286906X
• Artikelnr.: 66172123

Autorenporträt

Diana Dimitrova is Professor of Hinduism and South Asian Traditions at the University of Montreal.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Diana Dimitrova: Introduction
2: Rethinking Cultural Identity
3: Hindi Drama: A Historical Perspective
4: Cultural Identity in Hindi Plays in the period 1880-1940s
5: Cultural Identity in Hindi Plays of the 1940s-1970s
6: Conclusion