Gender Culture and Performance

<p>This book presents a lucid, comprehensive, and entertaining narrative of culture and society in late 19th- and early 20th-century Maharashtra through a perceptive study of its theatre and cinema. An intellectual <i>tour de force</i>, it will be invaluable to scholars and researchers of modern Indian history, theatre and film studies, cultural studies, sociology, gender studies as well as the interested general reader. </p> <p><em>Preface and Acknowledgements</em>. Introduction <b>1</b>. Vishnudas Bhave’s Stylised Mythologicals (1843) <b>2</b>. Prose Plays: Reinventing and Founding Traditions (c. 1860) <b>3</b>. B.P. Kirloskar’s Musical Plays (1880) <b>4</b>. New Paradigms of Social Realism (1930s) <b>5</b>. The Kirloskar Trio: Deval, Kolhatkar, Gadkari <b>6.</b> ‘Natyacharya’ Khadilkar: Ideology and Entertainment <b>7.</b> Selected Renowned Playwrights <b>8.</b> Major Theatre Companies <b>9.</b> The Theatre World <b>10.</b> Enter Women: Pioneering Women Dramatists and Actresses <b>11.</b> Bal Gandharva: From Female Impersonator to Icon of New Womanhood <b>12.</b> Drama as a Mode of Discourse <b>13.</b> Silent Films and Talkies <b>14.</b> The Early Silver Stars. <i>References. About the Author. Index</i></p>