This book is an ethnographic field study of five Indian subaltern performance genres that propose a new way of understanding the dynamic relationship between culture and labour in the Indian social context, especially in relation to caste. The five performance traditions examined are bhuiyan puja (land worship), bidesia (theatre of migrant labourers), reshma chuharmal (Dalit ballads), dugola (singer duels) and the performances ofGaddar and Jana Natya Mandali covering both north and south India, with a focus on the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh.
This book is an ethnographic field study of five Indian subaltern performance genres that propose a new way of understanding the dynamic relationship between culture and labour in the Indian social context, especially in relation to caste. The five performance traditions examined are bhuiyan puja (land worship), bidesia (theatre of migrant labourers), reshma chuharmal (Dalit ballads), dugola (singer duels) and the performances ofGaddar and Jana Natya Mandali covering both north and south India, with a focus on the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Brahma Prakash is Assistant Professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. His works focus on the regional theatre and performance traditions of India and South Asia with relation to the questions of marginality, aesthetics and cultural justice.
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List of Illustrations Preface Notes on Translation, Transliteration, and Transcription Introduction Historiography: Performance between Traces and Trashes Landscape: Drumming the Land in Bhuyan Puja Materiality: Bidesia against Erasure and Displacement Viscerality: Have Guts to Perform Dugola Performativity: Public and Hidden Transcipts in Resma-Chuharmal Choreopolitics: Reclaiming Cultural Labour in the Act of Gaddar and Jana Natya Mandali Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index About the Author
List of Illustrations Preface Notes on Translation, Transliteration, and Transcription Introduction Historiography: Performance between Traces and Trashes Landscape: Drumming the Land in Bhuyan Puja Materiality: Bidesia against Erasure and Displacement Viscerality: Have Guts to Perform Dugola Performativity: Public and Hidden Transcipts in Resma-Chuharmal Choreopolitics: Reclaiming Cultural Labour in the Act of Gaddar and Jana Natya Mandali Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index About the Author
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