Gender, Religion, and Modern Hindi Drama - Diana Dimitrova

Gender, Religion, and Modern Hindi Drama

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Buch | Hardcover
168 Seiten
2008
McGill-Queen's University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7735-3364-6 (ISBN)
113,45 inkl. MwSt
Studies the representation of gender and religion in Hindi drama from its beginnings in the second half of the nineteenth century until the 1960s. This book examines how the intersections of gender, religion, and ideology account for the creation of the canon of Hindi drama.

Diana Dimitrova is assistant professor, Hinduism and South Asian religions, Michigan State University, and author of Western Tradition and Naturalistic Hindi Theatre.

Introduction; 1 An Invitation to Modern Hindi Theatre; 2 Images of the Feminine in Hindu Traditions; 3 Remythologizing Tradition: Confinement or Liberation for Women?; 4 Subverting Tradition: The Liberating Innovations of Upendranth Ak; 5 The Heroines; Conclusion: Creating the Canon of Hindi Drama; Summary of Dramas; Glossary of Hindi and Sanskrit Words and Hindu Terms

Verlagsort Montreal
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 328 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-7735-3364-8 / 0773533648
ISBN-13 978-0-7735-3364-6 / 9780773533646
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