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Staging British South Asian culture : Bollywood and Bhangra in British theatre / Jerri Daboo.

By: Daboo, Jerri, 1967- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018Description: vii, 184 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138677159Subject(s): Ethnic theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Ethnic theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century | South Asians in the theater | Musical theater -- Great Britain | Bhangra (Music) -- Great Britain
Contents:
Bollywood, Bhangra, and being British -- Mapping migration: transnational formations of diaspora -- Bollywood and/as musical theatre -- Bollywood on stage: transadaptation and 'Bollywoodisation' -- Bending Bhangra: Rifco arts and Bend it like Beckham: the musical.
Summary: "Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra on the British Stage takes a fresh look at the popularity of forms and aesthetics from Bollywood films and bhangra music and dance on the British stage. By exploring a range of different performance events, from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams to the finals of Britain's Got Talent, Jerri Daboo asks how and why Bollywood and bhangra have become so central to theatre made for or about British South Asian communities" -- Provided by publisher.
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Bollywood, Bhangra, and being British -- Mapping migration: transnational formations of diaspora -- Bollywood and/as musical theatre -- Bollywood on stage: transadaptation and 'Bollywoodisation' -- Bending Bhangra: Rifco arts and Bend it like Beckham: the musical.

"Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra on the British Stage takes a fresh look at the popularity of forms and aesthetics from Bollywood films and bhangra music and dance on the British stage. By exploring a range of different performance events, from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams to the finals of Britain's Got Talent, Jerri Daboo asks how and why Bollywood and bhangra have become so central to theatre made for or about British South Asian communities" -- Provided by publisher.

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