Contemporary Group Theatre in Kolkata, India Banerji Arnab
Contemporary Group Theatre in Kolkata, India Banerji Arnab This book is the first of its kind offering a materialistic semiotic analysis of a non-Western theatre culture: Bengali group theatre.…
Specifikacia Contemporary Group Theatre in Kolkata, India Banerji Arnab
Contemporary Group Theatre in Kolkata, India Banerji Arnab
This book is the first of its kind offering a materialistic semiotic analysis of a non-Western theatre culture: Bengali group theatre. First, the materialist semiotic approach to studying a non-Western theatre event allows Banerji to critically examine the material conditions in which theatre is created and seen outside the Euro-American context. Arnab Banerji fills two lacunas in contemporary theatre scholarship.
Theatre events are a sum total of the And second, by shifting the critical lens onto a contemporary urban theatre phenomenon from India, the book attempts to even out the scholastic imbalance in Indian theatre scholarship which has largely focused on folk and classical traditions.The book shows a refreshing new perspective toward a theatre culture that frequently escapes the critical lens in spite of being one of the largest urban theatre cultures in the world.