Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance: Theater and Politics in Colonial and Postcolonial India

by Nandi Bhatia

Despite its importance to literary and cultural texts of resistance, theater has been largely overlooked as a field of analysis in colonial and postcolonial studies. Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance seeks to address that absence, as it uniquely views drama and performance as central to the practice of nationalism and anti-colonial resistance.

Nandi Bhatia argues that Indian theater was a significant force in the struggle against...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472112635
• ISBN13: 9780472112630
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"