| Author |
Dimitrova, Diana, 1969-
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| Subject |
Hindi drama -- History and criticism.
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Theater -- India -- History -- 19th century.
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Theater -- India -- History -- 20th century.
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Hinduism in literature.
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| Description |
1 online resource |
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polychrome rdacc |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This text explores the representation of Hinduism through myth and discourse in urban Hindi theatre in the period 1880-1960. It discusses representative works of seven influential playwrights and looks into the ways they have imagined and re-imagined Hindu traditions. |
| Contents |
Dedication; Contents; The Author; Chapter 1: Introduction; On Method; On Transliteration; Note; Chapter 2: Rethinking Hinduism, Mythologizing, and Otherism; The Concept of "Myth" and the Process of Mythologizing; Hinduism and Mythologizing; The Notion of the "Other" and the Discourse of Otherism; Hinduism and Otherism; Hinduism and the Discourses of Urdu-Hindu Progressivism and of the Arya Samaj; Urdu-Hindi Progressivism; Hindu Reform Movements and the Arya Samaj in North India33; Notes; Chapter 3: Revisiting Hindi Theatre: Inventing Tradition. |
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"The Invention of Tradition": Hindi Nationalism and Hindi Drama and TheatreNon-Invented Traditions and Influences on Hindi Theatre; Modern Hindi Drama: Major Authors and Periods; Bharatendu Harishcandra (1850-1885); Jayshankar Prasad (1889-1937); Lakshminarayan Mishra (1903-1987); Bhuvaneshvar Prasad Shrivastav (1912/14-1957); Jagdishcandra Mathur (1917-1981); Mohan Rakesh (1925-1972); Upendranath Ashk (1910-1996); The Invention of Tradition and the Creation of the Canon of Hindi Drama; Notes. |
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Chapter 4: Hinduism, Nationalism, and Varnasramadharma: Mythologizing and Othering the Religious Other Hinduism and Varnasramadharma1; Bharatendu Harishcandra (1850-1885); Jayshankar Prasad (1889-1937); Lakshminarayan Mishra (1903-1987); Bhuvaneshvar Prasad Shrivastav (1912/14-1957); Mohan Rakesh (1925-1972); Jagdishcandra Mathur (1917-1981); Upendranath Ashk (1910-1996); Hinduism, Hindi Theatre, and the Notion of Cultural Identity; Notes; Chapter 5: Hinduism and Gender: Mythologizing and Othering Women; Images of the Feminine in the Hindu Tradition |
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Mythologizing and Othering of Women and Hindi TheatreBharatendu Harishcandra; Jayshankar Prasad; Lakshminarayan Mishra; Mohan Rakesh; Bhuvaneshvar; Jagdishcandra Mathur; Upendranath Ashk; Mythologizing and Othering Women and the Construction of the Literary Canon; Notes; Conclusion: A Hindu-Hindi Drama?; Summary of Dramas; Ashk, Upendranath (1910-1996); Alag alag raste (Separate Ways), 1954; Anjo Didi (The Elder Sister Anjo), 1955; Kaid aur Uran (Prison and Flight), 1950; Kaid (Prison); Uran (Flight); Svarg ki jhalak (Glimpse of Paradise), 1939; Taulie (Towels), 1943 |
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Tufan se pahle (Before the Storm), 1946Bhuvaneshvar (Bhuvaneshvar Prasad Shrivastav) (1912/4-1957); Pratibha ka vivah (Pratibha's Marriage), 1933; Straik (Strike), 1938; Bharatendu (Bharatendu Harishcandra) (1850-1885); Andher Nagari (The Lawless State), 1881; Nildevi (Nildevi), 1881; Mathur, Jagdishcandra (1917-1981); Bhor ka tara (The Morning Star), 1937; Konark (The Temple of Konark), 1951; Rirh ki haddi (Backbone), 1939; Mishra, Lakshminarayan (1903-1981); Sindur ki holi (The Vermilion Holi), 1934; Sanyasi (The Ascetic), 1929; Prasad, Jayshankar (1889-1937) |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 29, 2016). |
| ISBN |
9781137599230 (electronic bk.) |
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1137599235 (electronic bk.) |
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1137599227 |
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9781137599223 |
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9781137599223 |
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1137599227 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
9781137599223 |
| OCLC # |
957156894 |
| Additional Format |
Print version: Dimitrova, Diana, 1969- Hinduism and Hindi theater. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016] 1137599227 9781137599223 (OCoLC)942380986 |
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