Review Essay
Feminist Review (2006) 84, 124–129. doi:10.1057/palgrave.fr.9400304
revisiting the woman's question on the nation's stages: new directions in research on Indian theatre
Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance: Theatre and Politics in Colonial and Postcolonial India
Nandi Bhatia ; Oxford University Press, New Delhi; 2004; 206pp, ISBN 047212635£34.52 (HbK).
Binodini Dasi: My Story and My Life as an Actress
Rimli Bhattacharya (editor and translator) ; Kali for Women, New Delhi, 1998, 277pp, ISBN 8185107459£13.95 (PbK).
Theatre Beyond the Threshold: Colonialism, Nationalism and the Bengali Stage 1905–1947.
Minoti Chatterjee ; Indialog Publications, New Delhi, 2004, 268pp, ISBN 8187981636£10.00 (PbK).
Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India since 1947
Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker ; University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, 2005, 478pp, ISBN 0877459614£34.95 (HbK).
Staging Resistance: Plays by Women in Translation
Tutun Mukherjee (editor) ; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2005, 551pp, ISBN 0195670086£21.99 (HbK).
Stigmas of the Tamil Stage: An Ethnography of Special Drama Artists in South India
Susan Seizer ; Duke University Press, Durham and London, 2005, 440pp, ISBN 0822334437£17.95 (PbK), ISBN 0822334321£73.00 (HbK).
Muffled Voices: Women in Modern Indian Theatre
Laksmi Subramanyam (editor) ; Shakti Books, New Delhi, 2002, 272pp, ISBN 8124108706£24.50 (HbK).
Nida Sajid
