Pure Entertainment: Parsi Theater, Gender, and Performance

by Kathryn Hansen

Pure 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 935852796X
• ISBN13: 9789358527964
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Primus Books
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"