Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage

The Making of the Theatre of Empire (1853-1893)

AvRashna Darius Nicholson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Del i serien Transnational Theatre Histories

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The Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage is the first comprehensive study of the Parsi theatre, colonial South and Southeast Asia’s most influential cultural phenomenon and the precursor of the Indian cinema industry.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-02-28
Mått:148 x 210 x 24 mm
Vikt:563 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Transnational Theatre Histories
Antal sidor:328
Upplaga:21001
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030658359

Utforska kategorier

Kolonialism och imperialism inom Historia och arkeologi
Teater inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Rashna Darius Nicholson is Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Hong Kong. She has published works on colonial and postcolonial South Asian performance, theatre historiography, and cultural development.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Parsi compradors and the public sphere.- Chapter 2: Social reform, law-making and the origins of the Parsi theatre.- Chapter 3: Corporeal discipline.- Chapter 4: Science, secular mythology and the professionalization of the Parsi theatre.- Chapter 5: The expansion of the Parsi theatre.- Chapter 6: The reformers in need of reforming.- Chapter 7: Race-thinking and the parsi social drama.