{"product_id":"dalit-dialogues","title":"Dalit Dialogues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first volume of Dalit plays available in English translation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This pioneering anthology gathers together eleven Dalit plays originally written in a broad scope of Indian languages: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Tulu. The plays in the collection span both a wide range of provinces and time periods and demonstrate a wide range of dramatic conventions and theatrical forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn turning its attention towards Dalit plays and theatre, this book opens out an area of study that is larger underrepresented in Indian Dalit literature. As the first book of its kind, \u003ci\u003eDalit Dialogues\u003c\/i\u003e aims to highlight the importance of the discipline within the context of the Dalit movement in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Shubhendu Shekhar Naskar, recipient of the Charles Wallace Research Grant, this collection introduces Dalit playwrights – all of them writing in the vernacular – to an English-speaking readership. His critical introduction is accompanied by translator’s note, each providing wider context and a critical apparatus for students to explore the language and themes of the plays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten for translators, future researchers and students of Global theatre, this collection contributes to the development of the literary aesthetics of resistance by addressing the depiction of caste, class and gender-based marginalisation within the framework of postcolonial Indian theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57427495289176,"sku":"9781350617940","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/dalit-dialogues","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}