Hinduism and Hindi theater. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Diana Dimitrova.
• Authors: Dimitrova, Diana, 1969-
• Contents: Dedication; Contents; The Author; Chapter 1: Introduction; On Method; On Transliteration; Note; Chapter 2: Rethinking Hinduism, Mythologizing, and Otherism; The Concept of "Myth" and the Process of Mythologizing; Hinduism and Mythologizing; The Notion of the "Other" and the Discourse of Otherism; Hinduism and Otherism; Hinduism and the Discourses of Urdu-Hindu Progressivism and of the Arya Samaj; Urdu-Hindi Progressivism; Hindu Reform Movements and the Arya Samaj in North India33; Notes; Chapter 3: Revisiting Hindi Theatre: Inventing Tradition. "The Invention of Tradition": Hindi Nationalism and Hindi Drama and TheatreNon-Invented Traditions and Influences on Hindi Theatre; Modern Hindi Drama: Major Authors and Periods; Bharatendu Harishcandra (1850-1885); Jayshankar Prasad (1889-1937); Lakshminarayan Mishra (1903-1987); Bhuvaneshvar Prasad Shrivastav (1912/14-1957); Jagdishcandra Mathur (1917-1981); Mohan Rakesh (1925-1972); Upendranath Ashk (1910-1996); The Invention of Tradition and the Creation of the Canon of Hindi Drama; Notes. Chapter 4: Hinduism, Nationalism, and Varṇāśramadharma: Mythologizing and Othering the Religious Other Hinduism and Varṇāśramadharma1; Bharatendu Harishcandra (1850-1885); Jayshankar Prasad (1889-1937); Lakshminarayan Mishra (1903-1987); Bhuvaneshvar Prasad Shrivastav (1912/14-1957); Mohan Rakesh (1925-1972); Jagdishcandra Mathur (1917-1981); Upendranath Ashk (1910-1996); Hinduism, Hindi Theatre, and the Notion of Cultural Identity; Notes; Chapter 5: Hinduism and Gender: Mythologizing and Othering Women; Images of the Feminine in the Hindu Tradition Mythologizing and Othering of Women and Hindi TheatreBharatendu Harishcandra; Jayshankar Prasad; Lakshminarayan Mishra; Mohan Rakesh; Bhuvaneshvar; Jagdishcandra Mathur; Upendranath Ashk; Mythologizing and Othering Women and the Construction of the Literary Canon; Notes; Conclusion: A Hindu-Hindi Drama?; Summary of Dramas; Ashk, Upendranath (1910-1996); Alag alag rāste (Separate Ways), 1954; Aňjo Dīdī (The Elder Sister Anjo), 1955; Kaid aur Uṛān (Prison and Flight), 1950; Kaid (Prison); Uṛān (Flight); Svarg kī jhalak (Glimpse of Paradise), 1939; Taulie (Towels), 1943 Tūfān se pahle (Before the Storm), 1946Bhuvaneshvar (Bhuvaneshvar Prasad Shrivastav) (1912/4-1957); Pratibhā kā vivāh (Pratibha's Marriage), 1933; Sṭṛāīk (Strike), 1938; Bharatendu (Bharatendu Harishcandra) (1850-1885); Andher Nagarī (The Lawless State), 1881; Nīldevī (Nildevi), 1881; Mathur, Jagdishcandra (1917-1981); Bhor kā tārā (The Morning Star), 1937; Koṇārk (The Temple of Konark), 1951; Rīṛh kī haḍḍī (Backbone), 1939; Mishra, Lakshminarayan (1903-1981); Sindūr kī holī (The Vermilion Holi), 1934; Sanyāsī (The Ascetic), 1929; Prasad, Jayshankar (1889-1937)
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 891.432009; Hindi drama -- History and criticism; Theater -- India -- History -- 19th century; Theater -- India -- History -- 20th century; Hinduism in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- Indic; DRAMA -- Asian -- General; PERFORMING ARTS -- General; Hindi drama; Hinduism in literature; Theater; India; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137599230; 1137599235; 1137599227; 9781137599223
• Related ISBNs: 9781137599223; 1137599227
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 29, 2016).
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