The performance of nationalism India, Pakistan, and the memory of partition

Imagine the patriotic camaraderie of national day parades. How crucial is performance for the sustenance of the nation? The Performance of Nationalism considers the formation of the Indian and Pakistani nation, in the wake of the most violent chapter of its history: the partition of the subcontinent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Menon, Jisha, 1972- autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2013.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Cambridge studies in modern theatre.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b42004779*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Bordering on drama: the performance of politics and the politics of performance
  • Ghatak's cinema and the discoherence of the Bengal partition
  • The poetics and politics of accommodation
  • Somatic texts and the gender of partition
  • Kashmir: hospitality and the "unfinished business" of partition.