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Be a Little Careful: Women, Violence and Performance in India
- Author(s):
- Swati Arora (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- Feminist Humanities, Gender Studies, Performance Studies, Women in the Arts
- Subject(s):
- Feminist criticism, South Asia, Place (Philosophy), Space, Theater, History
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- delhi, Theatre Studies, Violence against women, Feminist critique, Performance and politics, Space and place, Theater history
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/st8h-9e44
- Abstract:
- The essay analyzes a contemporary Indian feminist performance, Thoda Dhyaan Se (A Little Carefully, 2013), by framing it in the spatial ecosystem of the city of Delhi and explores its engagement with the feminist movement and the national imaginary of India. It examines the workings of the cultural economy of the city to discuss the effect of its spatial contours as well as the markers of caste, class, sexuality, and ethnicity. The discussion shows that the concerns raised by Thoda Dhyaan Se are limited to urban, middle-class, and upper-caste women and overlook the oppressive realities of women from non-urban, lower-class, and lower-caste backgrounds.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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