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French Theatre, Orientalism, and the Representation of India, 1770-1865: India Lost and Regained

French Theatre, Orientalism, and the Representation of India, 1770-1865: India Lost and Regained

Hammerbeck, David

Paperback

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

Theater HistoryIndian & South Asian HistoryPlays

ISBN10: 0367644290
ISBN13: 9780367644291
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 29 2024
Pages: 266
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book examines the French theatricalization of India from 1770 to 1865 and how a range of plays not only represented India to the French viewing public but also staged issues within French culture including colonialism, imperialism, race, gender, and national politics.

Through examining these texts and available performance history, and incorporating historical texts and cultural theory, David Hammerback analyses these works to illustrate a complex of cultural representations: some contested Orientalism, some participated in Western colonialist discourses, while some can be placed somewhere between these two markers of ideology in Western culture and the arts. He also assesses the works which participated in shaping the theatrical face of Western hegemony, ones directly participating in Orientalism as delineated by Edward Said and others.

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