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Can a Kathakali (‘story-play’) hold a performance reading? 卡塔卡里(“故事剧”)能举行表演朗读吗?

Indian Theatre Journal Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/itj_00030_1

Richard Tremblay

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Crowning the Bihu Queen: Engendering a rural sensibility through reality television 为碧湖女王加冕:通过电视真人秀产生乡村情感

Indian Theatre Journal Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1386/itj_00026_1

Rehanna Kheshgi

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Subversion and reinforcement of gender norms in the Tamil reality dance competition show Maanada Mayilada 泰米尔现实舞蹈比赛节目Maanada Mayilada对性别规范的颠覆和强化

Indian Theatre Journal Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1386/itj_00027_1

Kristen Rudisill

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Revolution and reality shows: Nepal’s CPN and the media worlds of late capitalism 革命与真人秀:尼泊尔共产党与晚期资本主义的媒体世界

Indian Theatre Journal Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1386/itj_00025_1

Anna Stirr

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Outsourcing the nation? Musical collaboration, nation building and neo-liberal logics in Coke Studio Pakistan 把国家外包出去?巴基斯坦可乐工作室的音乐合作、国家建设和新自由主义逻辑

Indian Theatre Journal Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1386/itj_00028_1

Rodrigo Chocano

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Special Issue: ‘Reality Television in South Asia: Performance, Negotiation, Imagination’ 特刊:“南亚的电视真人秀:表演、谈判、想象”

Indian Theatre Journal Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1386/itj_00023_2

Amanda Weidman, Kristen Rudisill

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Stigmas of the reality stage 现实阶段的耻辱

Indian Theatre Journal Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1386/itj_00024_1

Amanda Weidman

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In and out of Othello 《奥赛罗》里里外外

Indian Theatre Journal Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.1386/itj_00021_1

Poonam Trivedi

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V. Sambasivan’s populist Othello for Kerala’s kathaprasangam V. Sambasivan为喀拉拉邦kathaprasangam设计的平民主义奥赛罗

Indian Theatre Journal Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.1386/itj_00013_1

Thea Buckley

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Desdemona moksham: A Shakespearean murder revisited Desdemona moksham:莎士比亚谋杀案重访

Indian Theatre Journal Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.1386/itj_00018_1

Arjun Raina

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