{"product_id":"brecht-in-india-prateek-9780367466749","title":"Brecht in India: The Poetics and Politics of Transcultural Theatre","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrecht in India\u003c\/em\u003e analyses the dramaturgy and theatrical practices of the German playwright Bertolt Brecht in post-independence India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book explores how post-independence Indian drama is an instance of a cultural palimpsest, a site celebrating a dialogue between Western and Indian theatrical traditions, rather than a homogenous and isolated canon. Analysing the dissemination of a selection of Brecht's plays in the Hindi belt between the 1960s and the 1990s, this study demonstrates that Brecht's work provided aesthetic and ideological paradigms to modern Hindi playwrights, helping them develop and stage a national identity. The book also traces how the reception of Brecht was mediated in India, how it helped post-independence Indian playwrights formulate a political theatre, and how the dissemination of Brechtian aesthetics in India addressed the anxiety related to the stasis in Brechtian theatre in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracking the dialogue between Brechtian aesthetics in India and Europe and a history of deliberate cultural resistance, \u003ci\u003eBrecht in India \u003c\/i\u003eis an invaluable resource for academics and students of theatre studies and theatre historiography, as well as scholars of post-colonial history and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Prateek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367466740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367466749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Prateek","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136009842943,"sku":"9780367466749","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8261afd4-9985-4717-9c6b-c5233796b5fe.jpg?v=1770159908","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brecht-in-india-prateek-9780367466749","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}