{"product_id":"pure-entertainment-kathryn-hansen-9789358527964","title":"Pure Entertainment: Parsi Theater, Gender, and Performance","description":"\u003cp\u003ePure Entertainment traces how Parsi theatre wedded vernacular narrative and musicality to new stage technologies to create an aesthetic that appealed across classes and communities. Its performing women and female impersonators became the first media stars. It expanded the mythological, historical, and social genres, preparing the ground for the emergence of cinema. By running profitable companies, Bombay troupes travelled to ports like Madras and Rangoon, leaving behind an unmistakable legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fourteen essays in this volume represent Kathryn Hansen's decades of research on the Parsi theatre. Her pioneering scholarship unites lifelong immersion in Indian languages with deep appreciation of oral performance culture and promises fresh insights for both, the general reader and the theatre specialist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathryn Hansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 935852796X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789358527964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Primus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.19d","brand":"Kathryn Hansen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46489430589695,"sku":"9789358527964","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94a6daf6-a7d8-40f5-9cfc-3b6783f3fbb5.jpg?v=1736953533","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pure-entertainment-kathryn-hansen-9789358527964","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}