Indian Folk Theatres - 9780415541435

Indian Folk TheatresAuthor(s): Julia Hollander\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415541435, 978-0415541435\nSynopsis\nIndian Folk Theatres is theatre anthropology as a lived experience, containing detailed accounts of recent folk theatre shows as well as historical and cultural context. It looks at folk theatre forms from three corners of the Indian subcontinent:\n\nTamasha, song and dance entertainments from Maharastra\nChhau, the lyrical dance theatre of Bihar\nTheru Koothu, satirical, ritualised epics from Tamil Nadu.\n\nThe contrasting styles and contents are depicted with a strongly practical bias, harnessing expertise from practitioners, anthropologists and theatre scholars in India. Indian Folk Theatres makes these exceptionally versatile and up-beat theatre forms accessible to students and practitioners everywhere.