Comic Performance in Pakistan

The Bhānd

Claire Pamment (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

229 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-56630-0 (ISBN)

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This book explores comic performance in Pakistan through the vibrant Indo-Muslim tradition of the Punjabi bhānd which now holds a marginal space in contemporary weddings. With irreverent repartee, genealogical prowess, a topsy-turvy play with hierarchies and shape shifting, the low-status bhānd jostles space in otherwise rigid class and caste hierarchies. Tracing these negotiations in both historical and contemporary sites, the author unfolds a dynamic performance mode that travels from the Sanskrit jester and Sufi wise fool, into Muslim royal courts and households, weddings, contemporary carnivalesque and erotic popular Punjabi theatre and satellite television news. Through original historical and ethnographic research, this book brings to life hitherto unexplored territories of Pakistani popular culture and Indo-Muslim performance histories.

Claire Pamment is Assistant Professor of World Theatre in the Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance at the College of William and Mary, USA; former Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Worship and the Arts Fellow (2015-16), and has taught at various universities in Pakistan. Her articles on South Asian performance, censorship, burlesque, comedy and transgendering have appeared in TDR, Comedy Studies and Asian Theatre Journal. She is Performance Reviews Editor for Ecumenica.

Introduction.- Part One: Genealogies.- 1.In the Centres and Margins of the Historical Record.- 2.Brahmin Jesters and Sufi Wise Fools.- Part Two: Contemporary Performance.- 3.Wedding Bhānds: ‘From the Donkey Cart to the Aeroplane’.- 4.Bhānds in the Drawing Room: The Popular Punjabi Theatre.- 5.Satellite Bhānds: Playful Outsiders.- Conclusion: Future Moves?

Erscheinungsdatum	19.01.2017
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Comedy
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Comedy
Zusatzinfo	11 Illustrations, color; 18 Illustrations, black and white; XX, 229 p. 29 illus., 11 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Sozialwissenschaften
Schlagworte	bhand • Censorship • Clown • clowning • Comedy • comic performance • Fool • Humour • jester • Marginality • naqqal • Pakistani performance • Pakistani theatre • popular theatre/performance • Punjabi performance • Punjabi theatre • Slapstick • South Asian performance • South Asian theatre • Sufi
ISBN-10	1-137-56630-2 / 1137566302
ISBN-13	978-1-137-56630-0 / 9781137566300
Zustand	Neuware