Masala Shakespeare - Demy HB - (Gill Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

Masala is a word that conjures up many associations. The word derives, through Urdu and Persian, from the Arabic "masalih''”ingredients. 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 mixture”originally 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 Shakespeare''s craft and Indian cultural forms as well as their pervasive and enduring relationship in theatre and film. Indeed, the book is aoveetter to popular cinema and other Indian storytelling forms. It is also aoveetter to an idea of India. One of the arguments of this book is that masala”and, in particular, the masala movie”is 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 plays”The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night''s
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