TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Ameet Parameswaran
TI  - Performance and the political : power and pleasure in contemporary Kerala
SN  - 9789386392459
U1  - 792.095483 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Hyderabad
PB  - Orient Blackswan
KW  - Theater-Kerala
KW  - Theater--Political aspects
N2  - In this book, Ameet Parameswaran demonstrates how cultural performances can stage the political in ways that add to the more visible and traditional understanding and practices of popular politics. The chapters of this book focus on the political significance of bodily senses and tangible figures, such as, vision, voice, gesture, the machinic and the animal, as they are represented in various cultural performances, ranging from theatre and cinema to mimics parade. Through the lens of Performance Studies, this book explores Kerala’s transformation into a neoliberal region.
Deeply theoretical and original, this book will interest students and scholars of Performance Studies, Cultural Studies, Theatre Studies and Film Studies.
ER  -