Rustom Bharucha: 3 books

In this passionate and controversial work, director and critic Rustom Bharucha presents the first major critique of intercultural theatre from a 'Third World' perspective. Bharucha questions the assumptions underlying the theatrical visions of some of the twentieth century's most prominent theatre...

‘This work goes where other books fear to tread.　 It reaches the parts other scholars might imagine in their dreams but would neither have the international reach nor the critical acumen and　forensic　flourish to deliver.’ Alan Read, King's College London ‘This book is not only timely.　...

The book weaves through an intricate tapestry of ideas relating to pan-Asianism, nationalism, cosmopolitanism, and friendship, and positions the early modernist tensions of the period within—and against—the spectre of a unified Asia that concealed considerable political differences. The book draws...