An Anthology of Contemporary Bengali Plays by Bratya Basu
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Product details:
- Publisher Methuen Drama
- Date of Publication 13 July 2023
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9781350289437
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages264 pages
- Size 238x162x20 mm
- Weight 560 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 4 bw illus 520
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Long description:
This anthology of six selected plays, written between 2000 and 2020 by Bratya Basu, winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2021, is the first collection of Bengali plays that blends avant-garde, pop and traditional cultures with contemporary dramatic themes. The six plays, freshly translated into English, each bring a uniquely Bengali and Indian perspective to the intermingling of past and present, global and local, and magical and real in a postmodern pastiche about India today. The collection is divided into three thematic sections:
1) 'Poignant Challenges, Soulful Remorse' examines power in Indian politics, religion, and family.
2) '(In)visible Boundaries, (Un)democratic Choices' explores the relationship among democracy, nation building, and the role of women in intergenerational political struggle.
3) 'Intimately Political, Politically Intimate' navigates queer identity, mental health and the fabulation of modern Bengali life in a 21st-century India straddling the progressive politics that removed section 377 and Hindu nationalisms that stoke new conservatisms.
Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION
Editors
A NOTE
Translators
SECTION 1: POIGNANT CHALLENGES, SOULFUL REMORSE
Summaries
Love in Times of Corona
The Penitence
Translations by Mainak Banerjee
Love in Times of Corona
The Penitence
SECTION 2: (IN)VISIBLE BOUNDARIES, (UN)DEMOCRATIC CHOICES
Summaries
The Final Night
Creusa-- The Queen
Translations by Mainak Banerjee
The Final Night
Creusa-- The Queen
SECTION 3: INTIMATELY POLITICAL, POLITICALLY INTIMATE
Summaries
Blackhole
Who?
Translations by Arnab Banerji
Blackhole
Who?
AFTERWARD
An Anthology of Contemporary Bengali Plays by Bratya Basu
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