The Boundary of Laughter
Popular Performances across Borders in South Asia
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9780190131494
Publication date:
15/10/2021
Hardback
272 pages
Price: 1895.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780190131494
Publication date:
15/10/2021
Hardback
272 pages
Aniket De
Combining archival research with ethnographic fieldwork, The Boundary of Laughter explores how spaces of popular performance have changed with the emergence of national borders in modern South Asia. The author traces the making of the popular theater form called Gambhira by Hindu and Muslim peasants and laborers in colonial Bengal, and explores the fate of the tradition after the Partition of the region in 1947. Drawing on a rich and hitherto unexplored archive of Gambhira songs and plays, this book provides a new approach for studying popular performances as shared spaces-that can accommodate peoples across national and religious boundaries.
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Aniket De
Description
Combining archival research with ethnographic fieldwork, The Boundary of Laughter explores how spaces of popular performance have changed with the emergence of national borders in modern South Asia. The author traces the making of the popular theater form called Gambhira by Hindu and Muslim peasants and laborers in colonial Bengal, and explores the fate of the tradition after the Partition of the region in 1947. Drawing on a rich and hitherto unexplored archive of Gambhira songs and plays, this book provides a new approach for studying popular performances as shared spaces-that can accommodate peoples across national and religious boundaries.
About the Author:
Aniket De is a PhD Candidate in history at Harvard University, USA.
Aniket De
Table of contents
Preface
Note on Text and Transliteration
Introduction
1. Chronicles of a Toiling God
2. Theatres of Nationhood
3. People's Song, People's Weapon
4. Divided States, Shared Songs
5. Economies of Expression
6. Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Aniket De
Aniket De
Description
Combining archival research with ethnographic fieldwork, The Boundary of Laughter explores how spaces of popular performance have changed with the emergence of national borders in modern South Asia. The author traces the making of the popular theater form called Gambhira by Hindu and Muslim peasants and laborers in colonial Bengal, and explores the fate of the tradition after the Partition of the region in 1947. Drawing on a rich and hitherto unexplored archive of Gambhira songs and plays, this book provides a new approach for studying popular performances as shared spaces-that can accommodate peoples across national and religious boundaries.
About the Author:
Aniket De is a PhD Candidate in history at Harvard University, USA.
Read MoreTable of contents
Preface
Note on Text and Transliteration
Introduction
1. Chronicles of a Toiling God
2. Theatres of Nationhood
3. People's Song, People's Weapon
4. Divided States, Shared Songs
5. Economies of Expression
6. Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
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