Performing The Secular: Religion, Representation, And Politics (contemporary Performance Interactions)
by Jisha Menon /
2017 / English / PDF
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With a foreword from Rustom Bharucha, this book is a timely
anthology which aims to unsettle our habituated modes of thinking
about the place of the secular in cultural productions. The last
decade alone has witnessed many religious protests against
cultural productions, which have led, in some cases, to the
closure of theatre and opera performances. Threats to artists led
to the exile of Indian painter, MF Husain, and murder of Dutch
film-maker Theo van Gogh, the controversy over the depiction of
the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Danish newspaper
Jyllands-Posten in 2005 led to the cancellation of performances
of Mozart’s Idomeneo for the season.
With a foreword from Rustom Bharucha, this book is a timely
anthology which aims to unsettle our habituated modes of thinking
about the place of the secular in cultural productions. The last
decade alone has witnessed many religious protests against
cultural productions, which have led, in some cases, to the
closure of theatre and opera performances. Threats to artists led
to the exile of Indian painter, MF Husain, and murder of Dutch
film-maker Theo van Gogh, the controversy over the depiction of
the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Danish newspaper
Jyllands-Posten in 2005 led to the cancellation of performances
of Mozart’s Idomeneo for the season.
Offering fresh and provocative readings that probe the limits and
promise of secularity in relation to questions of performance,
politics, and the public sphere, this book will be invaluable to
scholars who seek to understand the dramatic rise of politicized
theology in our new century.
Offering fresh and provocative readings that probe the limits and
promise of secularity in relation to questions of performance,
politics, and the public sphere, this book will be invaluable to
scholars who seek to understand the dramatic rise of politicized
theology in our new century.
