Islam in Performance: Contemporary Plays from South Asia
Author:   Ashis Sengupta (University of North Bengal, India)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781474250719


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   12 January 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Islam in Performance: Contemporary Plays from South Asia


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Author:   Ashis Sengupta (University of North Bengal, India)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Methuen Drama
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.456kg
ISBN:  

9781474250719


ISBN 10:   1474250718
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   12 January 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: Performing Islam in South Asia Plays from Bangladesh Payer Awaj Pawa Jai/At the Sound of Marching Feet by Syed Shamsul Haq (translated by the author) Araj Charitamrita/Life of Araj by Masum Reza (translated by Bina Biswas and Sayantan Gupta) Plays from India The Djinns of Eidgah by Abhishek Majumdar Bahut Dur Tak Raat Hogi/The Far-Reaching Night by Zahida Zaidi (translated by Ameena Kazi Ansari) Plays from Pakistan Hum Rokaen Gae/We Shall Resist by Anwer Jafri (translated by Sheema Kermani) Dekh Tamasha Chalta Ban/Watch the Show and Move on by Shahid Nadeem (translated by Shuby Abidi) Notes on Contributors

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Ashis Sengupta is Professor of English at the University of North Bengal, India. He is the recipient of the Olive I Reddick award (1995), Fulbright American Studies Institute fellowship (2002), Fulbright visiting scholarship (2006) and SASNET guest lecturer grant (2009), and has published numerous essays and chapters on South Asian and American theatre in journals and edited volumes that include the Journal of American Studies, Comparative American Studies, Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Indian Literature, and DLB: South Asian Writers in English.

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