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"The first comprehensive study of the Parsi theatre, colonial South and Southeast Asia's most influential cultural phenomenon and the precursor of the Indian cinema industry. By providing extensive, unpublished information on its first actors, audiences, production methods, and plays, this book traces how the theatre - which was one of the first in the Indian subcontinent to adopt European stagecraft - transformed into a pan-Asian entertainment industry in the second half of the nineteenth century. Nicholson sheds light on the motivations that led to the development of the popular, commercial theatre movement in Asia through three areas of investigation: the vernacular public sphere, the emergence of competing visions of nationhood, and the narratological function that women served within a continually shifting socio-political order. The book will be of interest to scholars across several disciplines, including cultural history, gender studies, Victorian studies, the sociology of religion, colonialism, and theatre"--publisher's description.

International relations. Foreign policy --- Theatrical science --- History --- imperialisme --- theater --- geschiedenis --- kolonialisme --- Parsee theater --- Theater and society --- Théâtre et société --- Parsee theater. --- Theater and society. --- Histoire --- 1800-1899. --- India.

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This study - the first of its kind - situates Rohinton Mistry's writing in its cultural and historical context. It explores key features, such as the legacy of Zoroastrianism, Parsi anglophilia, recent Indian history, the conventions of oral storytellling common to Persia and South Asia, and the experience of migration which now sees him living in Canada. The texts are viewed through the lens of diaspora and minority discourse theories to show how Mistry's writing is illustrative of marginal positions in relation to sanctioned national identities.

English Literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- 820 "19" MISTRY, ROHINTON --- Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--MISTRY, ROHINTON --- Mistry, Rohinton, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Rohinton Mistry, --- מיסטרי, רוהינטון, --- Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers --- literature --- mistry --- postcolonial --- parsi --- India --- Jahangir --- Mumbai --- Parsis --- Zoroastrianism --- Literature --- Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers --- LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General --- Asia --- LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General. --- Family Matters. --- Fine Balance. --- India. --- Indian political history. --- Man Booker Prize. --- Parsee. --- Rohinton Mistry. --- diaspora. --- migration. --- postcolonial literature.