Performing Shakespeare in India

Exploring Indianness, Literatures and Cultures

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Author: ISBN: 9789351509738
Publisher: SAGE Publications Publication: July 18, 2016
Imprint: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9789351509738
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication: July 18, 2016
Imprint: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
Language: English

An adaptation of Shakespeare’s plays as a basis of critical exploration of identity formation in India.

Even while a conscious dismantling of colonization was happening since the 19th century, the Indian literati, intellectuals, scholars and dramaturges were engaged in deconstructing the ultimate icon of colonial presence—Shakespeare. This book delves into what constitutes Indianness in the postcolonial context by looking into the text and sub-text of the Bard of Avon’s plays adapted in visual culture, translation, stage performance and cinema.

The book is an important intervention in the ongoing explorations in social and cultural history, as it explores how Shakespeare has impacted the emergence of regional identities around questions of language and linguistic empowerment in various ways. It reveals an extraordinary negotiation of colonial and postcolonial identity issues—be it in language, in social and cultural practices or in art forms. 

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An adaptation of Shakespeare’s plays as a basis of critical exploration of identity formation in India.

Even while a conscious dismantling of colonization was happening since the 19th century, the Indian literati, intellectuals, scholars and dramaturges were engaged in deconstructing the ultimate icon of colonial presence—Shakespeare. This book delves into what constitutes Indianness in the postcolonial context by looking into the text and sub-text of the Bard of Avon’s plays adapted in visual culture, translation, stage performance and cinema.

The book is an important intervention in the ongoing explorations in social and cultural history, as it explores how Shakespeare has impacted the emergence of regional identities around questions of language and linguistic empowerment in various ways. It reveals an extraordinary negotiation of colonial and postcolonial identity issues—be it in language, in social and cultural practices or in art forms. 

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