Re-presenting woman: Tradition, legend, and Panjabi drama - Hardcover

Singh, Pankaj K

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8185952760 ISBN 13: 9788185952765

Publisher: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 2000

Synopsis

Language: English
Pages: 203
About the
Book

 

Pankaj K.Singh's
representing women: tradition, legend and Panjabi drama is a pioneer work on
Panjabi legends and drama from gender perspective. The book juxtaposes the textualities of legend and drama to reveal how the
post-independence drama represents woman along more just, realistic and
humanistic lines as opposed to her pervasive marginalization and misreprentation in the traditional narratives. It examines
woman's construction in the context of patriarchal paradigms, particularly in
the context of love, sexuality of woman in the preindependence
Panjabi drama is also considered. The book constitutes a substantial
contribution to the areas of women's studies and contemporary Indian drama.

 

About the
Author

 

Pankaj K. Singh has been teaching
at the Dept of English, Himachal Pradesh university shimla,
since 1976. She has published extensively in the areas of women's anthologies
and leading national and international journals. She was a fellow of the Indian
institute of advanced study from 1993 to 1995. She visited Canada in 1996 under
the Canadian studies faculty research fellowship programs. She has translated a
number of literary she has been associate editor of summer hill. Has review and
is on the editorial board of studies on humanities and social sciences.

 

Preface

 

In the early nineties my reading of a couple of
Panjabi plays coincided with that of Bhisham Sahni' s Madhavi, and what
particul

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Language Notes:

Text: English

About this edition

• Publisher: Indian Institute of Advanced Study
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 8185952760
• ISBN 13: 9788185952765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192