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Widows, pariahs, and bayadères : India as spectacle by Binita Mehta is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Widows, pariahs, and bayadères : India as spectacle about?
This book analyzes how French dramatists reproduced certain images of India such as the burning widow, the lowly pariah or untouchable, and the exotic 'bayadere' or dancing girl in four plays and one ballet written from the eighteenth century through the twentieth centuries. Addressing questions of Orientalism, the book also argues that it was because the French lost their Indian colonies to the Briish in the eighteenth centuries that India became a part of the French literary imagination.
Who reads Widows, pariahs, and bayadères : India as spectacle?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Binita Mehta
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press ; Associated University Presses
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780838754559
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Romance, Literary Fiction, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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