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The Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage = The Making of the Theatre of Empire (1853-1893) /

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Title/Author:	The Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage/ by Rashna Darius Nicholson.
Reminder of title:	The Making of the Theatre of Empire (1853-1893) /
Author:	Nicholson, Rashna Darius.
Description:	XVII, 328 p. 32 illus., 6 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Theater. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65836-6
ISBN:	9783030658366

The Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage = The Making of the Theatre of Empire (1853-1893) /
Nicholson, Rashna Darius.

The Colonial Public and the Parsi StageThe Making of the Theatre of Empire (1853-1893) /[electronic resource] :by Rashna Darius Nicholson. - 1st ed. 2021. - XVII, 328 p. 32 illus., 6 illus. in color.online resource. - Transnational Theatre Histories. - Transnational Theatre Histories.

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.

“Working against the grain of the pan-Indian generalities and unproblematized pluralism of the Parsi theatre, Rashna Nicholson focuses on fiery debates in the public sphere around Parsi theatre – debates relating to Aryanism, Darwinism, communal violence, masculinity, and pure and impure blood, pan-Zoroastrianism, and conflicting positions on the critical question, ‘Are Parsis Indian?’ With historiographical rigor and an unsentimental reading of community, Nicholson has written a book that could be regarded as an eye-opener for both performance and social historians.” – Rustom Bharucha, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi “This window into colonial history combines archival detail with theoretical sophistication. The Parsis emerge from Nicholson’s account as entrepreneurs but also myth-makers, helping create a non-Western public sphere packed with enchantment, battling conflicting forms of nationalism, and English hypocrisy.” – David Wiles, University of Exeter 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. By providing extensive, unpublished information on its first actors, audiences, production methods, and plays, this book traces how the theatre—which was one of the first in the Indian subcontinent to adopt European stagecraft—transformed into a pan-Asian entertainment industry in the second half of the nineteenth century. Nicholson sheds light on the motivations that led to the development of the popular, commercial theatre movement in Asia through three areas of investigation: the vernacular public sphere, the emergence of competing visions of nationhood, and the narratological function that women served within a continually shifting socio-political order. The book will be of interest to scholars across several disciplines, including cultural history, gender studies, Victorian studies, the sociology of religion, colonialism, and theatre. 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.

ISBN: 9783030658366

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-65836-6doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

836732
Theater.

LC Class. No.: PN2000-3307

Dewey Class. No.: 792

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