Combining archival research with ethnographic fieldwork, The
Boundary of Laughter explores how spaces of popular performance
have changed with the emergence of national borders in modern South
Asia. The author traces the making of the popular theater form
called Gambhira by Hindu and Muslim peasants and laborers in
colonial Bengal, and explores the fate of the tradition after the
Partition of the region in 1947. Drawing on a rich and hitherto
unexplored archive of Gambhira songs and plays, this book provides
a new approach for studying popular performances as shared
spaces-that can accommodate peoples across national and religious
boundaries.
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