Girls for Sale: Kanyasulkam: A Play from Colonial India
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First 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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0253219132
ISBN13:9780253219138
Release Date:July 2007
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:0.86 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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