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1st Edition
In-Between Worlds Performing [as] Bauls in an Age of Extremism
By Sukanya Chakrabarti
Copyright 2023
248 Pages
39 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
248 Pages
39 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
248 Pages
39 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the performance of Bauls, ‘folk’ performers from Bengal, in the context of a rapidly globalizing Indian economy and against the backdrop of extreme nationalistic discourses.
Recognizing their scope beyond the musical and cultural realm, Sukanya Chakrabarti engages in discussing the subversive and transformational potency of Bauls and their performances. In-Between Worlds... Read more
List of Images
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Introducing the Bauls
Chapter 2. Rabindranath Tagore and the Bauls: The Representation and Performance of Bauls as Sociopolitical Actors
Chapter 3. The Performance of Baul Festivals: Examining the Nature of ‘Folk’ in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 4. Cosmopolitan Bauls: Not Real, Not Not Real Baul Performances in a ‘Global’ Context
Chapter 5. In-Between Borderlines: Exploring Spaces of ‘Revolutionary Love’ Within the Baul-Fakir world in Bangladesh
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Sukanya Chakrabarti is an artist-scholar and Associate Professor, Theatre Arts, at San Jose State University.
