Staging Identity Across Nation, Family, and Sexuality in the Work of Mahesh Dattani
Tuesday, September 24th, 2013
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, September 24, 2013 | 1:30PM - 3:30PM | Seminar Room 208N, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
This panel will explore the complex questions of identity Mahesh Dattani raises in several of his most celebrated plays (from Final Solutions, to Tara to On a Muggy Night in Mumbai). Speakers will discuss Dattani’s interrogation of religious fundamentalism and cultural nationalism, his resistance to reductive visions of domesticity, gender and sexuality, and his exploration of queer identities. In examining these thematic issues, we will also trace the formal choices (use of English, construction of spaces etc.) that are so central to Dattani’s theatrical practice.
Mahesh Dattani is one of India’s foremost English-language playwrights as well as being an actor and a director. He is a recipient of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, and his plays have been produced across the world, from Bangalore and Delhi to Victoria and Toronto. He has also written and directed several films, including Mango-Soufflé and Morning Raga.
Following the panel, Dattani himself will give a lecture entitled Me and My Plays.
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