{"product_id":"masala-shakespeare-how-a-firangi-writer-became-indian","title":"Masala Shakespeare: How a Firangi Writer Became Indian","description":"\u003cp\u003eMasala Is A Word That Conjures Up Many Associations. The Word Derives, Through Urdu And Persian, From The Arabic MasalihIngredients. To A Westerner, It Immediately Suggests Exotic Eastern Spices. In Its Most Widespread Metaphorical Use In India, It Means Embellishment Or Exaggeration. It Also Means A MixtureOriginally A Mixture Of Ground Spices, But More Metaphorically Any Kind Of Mixture, Especially One Of Cultural Influences.While Shakespeare Today Is Considered Literature And Is Taught As A Pure, High Form Of Art, In His Own Day It Was The Quintessential Masala Entertainment He Provided That Attracted Both The Common People And The Nobility. In Masala Shakespeare, Jonathan Gil Harris Explores The Profound Resonances Between ShakespeareS Craft And Indian Cultural Forms As Well As Their Pervasive And Enduring Relationship In Theatre And Film. Indeed, The Book Is A Love Letter To Popular Cinema And Other Indian Storytelling Forms. It Is Also A Love Letter To An Idea Of India. One Of The Arguments Of This Book Is That MasalaAnd, In Particular, The Masala MovieIs Not Just A Formal Style Or Genre. More Accurately, It Embodies A Certain Version Of India, One That Celebrates The Plural, The Polyglot, The All-Over-The-Place. The Book Is Also Ultimately A Portrait Of Contemporary India With All Its Pluralities And Contradictions.In Masala Shakespeare, The Author Focuses On Twelve Shakespeare PlaysThe Comedy Of Errors, A Midsummer NightS Dream, Romeo And Juliet, The Taming Of The Shrew, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet, King Lear, The Tempest, Pericles And Titus AndronicusThat Have Acquired Indian Lives Independent Of The Familiar English Texts Of The Plays. The Plays Are A Diverse Mixture Whose Indian AvatarsIncluding Films Such As Angoor, 10Ml Love, Ishaqzaade, Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela, Gundamma Katha, Isi Life Mein, Dil Bole Hadippa!, Maqbool, Omkara, Haider, Arshinagar And The Last Lear And Plays Such As Kamdev Ka Apna Basant Ritu Ka Sapna, Jangal Mein Mangal, Chattan Kattu, Piya Behrupiya, Chahat Ki Dastaan And Hera-PhericlesAre Very Different From Each Other. In Their Own Ways, However, They All Chafe Against An Oppressive Power By Refusing The Current Vogue For Shuddhta (Purity), And Singularity, And Instead Celebrate The Plural And Mixed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aleph Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45878289694918,"sku":"DADAX938829226X","price":10.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/71W_u1zAyqL.jpg?v=1779691709","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/masala-shakespeare-how-a-firangi-writer-became-indian","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}