Development Dramas

Reimagining Rural Political Action in Eastern India

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Av Dia da Costa, Dia Da Costa

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This book uses political theatre to trace the present-day protests in West Bengal against the Left government's acquisition of agricultural land for industrialisation to decades of public protest by the rural Bengali against an accumulated dispossession of meanings.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-01-21
Mått138 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt362 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor316
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138662599

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Acknowledgments PART I Introduction: Reimagining Development and Rural Political Action 1. Development Dramas and World-Historical Anomalies 2. The Work of Political Theatre in a Democratic Place 3. Political Society in Formation: Staging Early Critiques PART II 4. Spect-Actors of History 5. Spoiled Sons and Sincere Daughters: Schooling, Security, and Empowerment 6. Have They Disabled Us? Liquor Production and Grammars of Material Distress and Distribution 7. The Snake-Goddess and her Antidote: Compelling Collectivity Against Inequality and Uncertainty Conclusion References Index