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Nicholson, Rashna (2023) Decolonization and theatre history. New Theatre Quarterly, 39 (4). pp. 355-376. doi:10.1017/S0266464X2300026X ISSN 0266-464X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266464X2300026X
Abstract
‘Decolonization’ has superseded ‘postcolonial’ as the most compelling catchword of the present moment. Broadly speaking, the term possesses two parallel genealogies: African decolonization and Latin American decoloniality. But where are Asian territories such as India and Hong Kong, and, more specifically, fields such as theatre history, located in the debate? This article analyzes the stakes and struggles, inner contradictions and blind spots, involved in decolonizing or decentring the curriculum. It asks whether the decolonial temporalities of our time constitute an adequate lens to theorize theatre history by firstly examining the term’s misuse by popular historians, media, and government; and, second, by interrogating a spectrum of positions on ‘Indian Theatre’ from the nineteenth century onwards. Through this double focus, the article probes the scholarly possibilities for undoing the dominant mode when the ‘decolonization trope itself becomes a tool for colonization’.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Theatre and Performance Studies | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Theater , Postcolonialism and theater , Decolonization, Decolonization in literature, Performing arts -- India, Performance art , Theater -- Historiography, Theater and society -- India , Performing arts -- HongKong | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | New Theatre Quarterly | ||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||
ISSN: | 0266-464X | ||||||
Official Date: | November 2023 | ||||||
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Volume: | 39 | ||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 355-376 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0266464X2300026X | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Re-use Statement: | This article has been accepted for publication in a revised form for publication in New Theatre Quarterly. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/new-theatre-quarterly | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Copyright Holders: | © Cambridge University Press, 2023 | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 3 November 2023 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 3 November 2023 | ||||||
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