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OverviewFolk performances reflect the life-worlds of a vast section of subaltern communities in India. What is the philosophy that drives these performances, the vision that enables as well as enslaves these communities to present what they feel, think, imagine, and want to see? Can such performances challenge social hierarchies and ensure justice in a caste-ridden society? In Cultural Labour, the author studies bhuiyan puja (landworship), bidesia (theatre of migrant labourers), Reshma-Chuharmal (Dalit ballads), dugola (singing duels) from Bihar, and the songs and performances of Gaddar, who was associated with Jana Natya Mandali, Telangana: he examines various ways in which meanings and behaviour are engendered in communities through rituals, theatre, and enactments. Focusing on various motifs of landscape, materiality, and performance, the author looks at the relationship between culture and labour in its immediate contexts. Based on an extensive ethnography and the author's own life experience as a member of such a community, the book offers a new conceptual framework to understand the politics and aesthetics of folk performance in the light of contemporary theories of theatre and performance studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Brahma Prakash (Assistant Professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Assistant Professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University)Publisher: OUP India Imprint: OUP India Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 22.00cm Weight: 0.480kg ISBN: 9780199490813ISBN 10: 0199490813 Pages: 332 Publication Date: 10 September 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Notes on Translation, Transliteration, and Transcription Introduction Historiography: Performance between Traces and Trashes Landscape: Drumming the Land in Bhuyan Puja Materiality: Bidesia against Erasure and Displacement Viscerality: Have Guts to Perform Dugola Performativity: Public and Hidden Transcipts in Resma-Chuharmal Choreopolitics: Reclaiming Cultural Labour in the Act of Gaddar and Jana Natya Mandali Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index About the AuthorReviewsA fresh perspective * The Hindu * Cultural Labour challanges the notion that art and labour are two relatively autonomous undertakings. * The Wire * Cultural Labour challanges the notion that art and labour are two relatively autonomous undertakings. * The Wire * A fresh perspective * The Hindu * Author InformationBrahma Prakash is Assistant Professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. His works focus on the regional theatre and performance traditions of India and South Asia with relation to the questions of marginality, aesthetics and cultural justice. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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