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The performance of nationalism : India, Pakistan, and the memory of Partition /

"Imagine the patriotic camaraderie of national day parades. How does performance generate patriotic loyalty? How crucial is performance for the sustenance of the nation? The Performance of Nationalism offers a new analysis of nationalism from the perspective of performance, focusing on the mani...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Menon, Jisha, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, ©2013.
Colección:Cambridge studies in modern theatre.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Bordering on drama: the performance of politics and the politics of performance
  • 3. Ghatak's cinema and the discoherence of the Bengal partition
  • 4. The poetics and politics of accommodation
  • 5. Somatic texts and the gender of partition
  • 6. Kashmir: hospitality and the 'unfinished business' of partition.