{"product_id":"disparate-voices-of-indian-women-playwrights-creating-a-profession-9781793612298","title":"Disparate Voices of Indian Women Playwrights:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreating a Profession: Disparate Voices of Indian Women Playwrights is a collection of plays demonstrating a broad variety of contemporary perspectives as told through the eyes of the women who created them. The anthology is enhanced by significant interviews between each writer and the editor and an introduction filled with information about the profession of playwriting throughout India. Details include the challenges of multiple languages throughout the country, the lack of funding and rehearsal spaces, the role of censorship, the need for specific training, and the influence of gender upon these writer’s ability to find what one woman called “brain space” given the continuation of traditional gender expectations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a fact that fewer female playwrights are staged as compared to men in India. This collection is unique in the sense that it examines the complex interplay of writing as women and provides a stimulating study of remarkable women playwrights, whose innovative strategies explore the problem of negotiating and holding together women’s sense of self. -- Anita Singh, Banaras Hindu University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Interview with Manjima Chatterjee The Mountain of Bones An Interview with Irawati Karnik Satellite City An Interview with Manjula Padmanabhan Blind Date An Interview with Sunandha Raghunathan Pillow Talk An Interview with Gowri Ramnarayan Water Lilies: A Trilogy An Interview with Anushka Ravishankar The Cockroach Collector: A Play An Interview with Jayshree Venkatesan The Quest","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042628272471,"sku":"9781793612298","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793612298.jpg?v=1750954921","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/disparate-voices-of-indian-women-playwrights-creating-a-profession-9781793612298","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}