Minoti Chatterjee, an academic and a theatre activist, explores how Bengali theatre and the upsurges of nationalist movements inform and appropriate each other during the turbulent era of 1905-1947. As Bengal was the centre of the interaction, negotiation and conflict between the native and the British, its theatre experienced different spatial, and consequently, thematic and technical dislocations and relocations. The theories and practices of theatre underwent a change due to the emergence of a conscious nation-space. Chatterjee studies the various aspects of the contemporary Bengali stage, with all its major and minor nuances, fame and notoriety, allegiances and importance. She covers the wide range of themes, innovations, and personalities that dominated the Bengali stage during this markedly important phase of the political and cultural history of Bengal. This book will be a good read for those interested in cultural studies, colonialism and post-colonialism, sociology and history.
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