Performance and the political : power and pleasure in contemporary Kerala
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TextPublication details: Hyderabad Orient Blackswan 2017Description: ix, 248pISBN: 9789386392459Subject(s): Theater-Kerala | Theater--Political aspectsDDC classification: 792.095483 Summary: 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.
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Kannur University Central Library Stack | 792.095483 AME/P (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 52236 |
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.
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