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- ISBN: 9780415541435 | 0415541433
- Cover: Nonspecific Binding
- Copyright: 5/10/2013
Indian Folk Theatresis 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: Tamasha, song and dance entertainments from Maharastra Chhau, the lyrical dance theatre of Bihar Theru Koothu, satirical, ritualised epics from Tamil Nadu. The contrasting styles and contents are depicted with a strongly practical bias, harnessing expertise from practitioners, anthropologists and theatre scholars in India. Indian Folk Theatresmakes these exceptionally versatile and up-beat theatre forms accessible to students and practitioners everywhere.