In the Name of the Secular
Contemporary Cultural Activisim in India
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9780195648898
Publication date:
08/12/1998
Paperback
212 pages
216x140mm
Price: 395.00 INR
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Publication date:
08/12/1998
Paperback
212 pages
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Rustom Bharucha
Internationallty renowned author and activist Rustom Bharucha analyses a wide range of cultural activities, from film to street theatre, painting and literature, which attempt to counter the threats of communalism and globalization. Drawing on the anti-fascist and anti-imperialist legacy of movements of the 1940s, he questions what it means to be secular in India today, within the larger framework of cultural activism and citizenship.
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Rustom Bharucha
Description
Internationallty renowned author and activist Rustom Bharucha analyses a wide range of cultural activities, from film to street theatre, painting and literature, which attempt to counter the threats of communalism and globalization. Drawing on the anti-fascist and anti-imperialist legacy of movements of the 1940s, he questions what it means to be secular in India today, within the larger framework of cultural activism and citizenship.
About the Author
Rustom Bharucha is an independent writer, theatre director, and cultural worker based in Calcutta whose previous books include Theatre and the World: Performance and the Politics of Culture and The Question of Faith.
Rustom Bharucha
Review
?Bharucha?s handling of the issue is so intelligent, his reading so vast and his solution so plausible, that it makes for compulsive reading and can be an effective eye-opener in many ways.?
?Sunday Observer
Rustom Bharucha
Description
Internationallty renowned author and activist Rustom Bharucha analyses a wide range of cultural activities, from film to street theatre, painting and literature, which attempt to counter the threats of communalism and globalization. Drawing on the anti-fascist and anti-imperialist legacy of movements of the 1940s, he questions what it means to be secular in India today, within the larger framework of cultural activism and citizenship.
About the Author
Rustom Bharucha is an independent writer, theatre director, and cultural worker based in Calcutta whose previous books include Theatre and the World: Performance and the Politics of Culture and The Question of Faith.
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