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By Neilesh Bose

ISBN-10: 0253220688

ISBN-13: 9780253220684

ISBN-10: 0253353009

ISBN-13: 9780253353009

This number of eleven performs, from North the US, the U.K., and South Africa—many released the following for the 1st time—delves into the colourful, cosmopolitan theatre of the South Asian diaspora. those unique and provocative works discover the event of diaspora via drawing on cultural references as assorted as classical Indian texts, diversifications of Shakespeare and Homer, present occasions, and global track, movie, and dance. Neilesh Bose offers old heritage on South Asian migration and function traditions in each one area, in addition to severe introductions and biographical heritage on each one playwright.

Includes works by way of Anuvab good friend, Aasif Mandvi, Shishir Kurup, Rahul Varma, Rana Bose, Rukhsana Ahmad, Jatinder Verma, Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith, Ronnie Govender, Kessie Govender, and Kriben Pillay.

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