{"product_id":"girls-for-sale-kanyasulkam-a-play-from-colonial-india-paperback-softback-9780253219138","title":"Girls for Sale; Kanyasulkam, a Play from Colonial India (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253219138","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGirls for Sale\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eKanyasulkam, a Play from Colonial India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGurajada Apparao (Author), Velcheru Narayana Rao (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253219138\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 July 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.381 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] scholarly event of the first importance. . . . This translation is a work of artand I predict that it will, on its own terms, become a classic.\"—\u003ci\u003eDavid Shulman, Hebrew University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst staged in 1892, the South Indian play Girls for Sale (Kanyasulkam) is considered the greatest modern work of Telugu literature and the first major drama written in an Indian language that critiqued British colonialism's effects on Indian society. Filled with humor, biting social commentary, parody, and masquerade, the plot revolves around a clever courtesan, a young widow, and a very old man who wants to buy as his wife a very young girl. Velcheru Narayana Rao has prepared the first idiomatic English translation, with notes and a critical essay. Itself a masterpiece of Indian literature in translation, this edition makes Apparao's work available to new audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e A Note on Translation and Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e Girls for Sale\u003cbr\u003e Dramatis Personae\u003cbr\u003e 1. Act One\u003cbr\u003e 2. Act Two\u003cbr\u003e 3. Act Three\u003cbr\u003e 4. Act Four\u003cbr\u003e 5. Act Five\u003cbr\u003e 6. Act Six\u003cbr\u003e 7. Act Seven\u003cbr\u003e The Play in Context: A Second Look at Apparao's Kanyasulkam\u003cbr\u003e Performing Kanyasulkam\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Guide to Pronunciation\u003cbr\u003e Proper Names with Diacritics\u003cbr\u003e Note on Names and Castes\u003cbr\u003e On Kinship and Friendship\u003cbr\u003e Card Game in Act Five, Scene Two\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525858849048,"sku":"9780253219138","price":19.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/girls-for-sale-kanyasulkam-a-play-from-colonial-india-paperback-softback-9780253219138","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}