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Public Women in British India

By Rimli Bhattacharya

Public Women in British India Books

Public Women in British India

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This book foregrounds the subjectivity of 'acting women' amidst violent debates on femininity and education, livelihood and labour, sexuality and marriage. It looks at the emergence of the stage actress as an artist and an ideological construct at critical phases of performance practice in British India. The focus here is on Calcutta, considered the 'second city of the Empire' and a nodal point in global trade circuits. Each chapter offers new ways of conceptualising the actress as a professional, a colonial subject, simultaneously the other and the model of the 'new woman'. Based on rich archival work, the study further highlights the politics of demarcation and exclusion of social roles.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
370
Release Date:
2018-05-28
Publication Date:
2018-05-15
Publisher:
Routledge India
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1138282553
ISBN13:
9781138282551
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
596 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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