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Author:   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:  

9780199490813

ISBN 10:   0199490813
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   10 September 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List 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 Author

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Cultural Labour challanges the notion that art and labour are two relatively autonomous undertakings. * The Wire * A fresh perspective * The Hindu *

A fresh perspective * The Hindu * Cultural Labour challanges the notion that art and labour are two relatively autonomous undertakings. * The Wire *

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Brahma Prakash is Assistant Professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His research interests include ritual, festival, cultural enactments, and non-Western aesthetic theories. He is a recipient of the Dwight Conquergood Award of the Performance Studies International (PSi) for his contribution in the field of cultural performances of the marginalized communities. He has published his articles in Asian Theatre Journal, Theatre Research International and in several edited volumes.

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