Description: This session focuses on theater, drama, and performance in South Asia. The region is home to indigenous performance deriving from ritual and folk traditions, modern stage performance influenced by and influencing Western traditions, and socially stigmatized performance communities such as hijras and bhands. Drawing on various currents in recent scholarship, panelists interrogate emerging concerns in the field.

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Speakers

Nandi Bhatia, U of Western Ontario

Aparna Dharwadker, U of Wisconsin, Madison

Rajender Kaur, William Paterson U

Kanika Batra, Texas Tech U

Nira Gupta-Casale, Kean U

Claire Pamment, C of William and Mary

Presider

Kanika Batra, Texas Tech U