theatre, politics, and dissent in North India Bhatia, Nandi 1963- creator text New Delhi Oxford University Press 2010 monographic xxviii, 158 pgaes : illustrations ; 23 cm This book examines diverse modes of dramatic representation and performance-myth, folklore, ritual, and history, including everyday conversation-used by women to intervene in and challenge the agenda of social movements, which conceptualized women's emancipation but imagined their role as being primarily at the core of family life. Constructing the theatre actress -- Argumentative women in domestic spaces -- Independence, partition, and new theatrical imaginings -- From social reform to social protest -- The courtesan as 'virangana' in contemporary historical drama -- 'A window into an elegant and colourful, but almost forgotten world.' Nandi Bhatia Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-149) and index Women -- India, North -- Social conditions Women in the theater India History 20th century 0198066937 9780198066934 2010317568 6631