{"product_id":"gendering-the-nation-identity-politics-and-english-comic-theatre-of-the-long-eighteenth-century-9788125051299","title":"Gendering the Nation: Identity Politics and English Comic Theatre of the Long Eighteenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Chandrava Chakravarty\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify\"\u003eGendering the Nation studies the role of the comic theatre in Britain during the long eighteenth century as a nation-building discourse. It evaluates the impact of the cultural phenomenon of Sentimentality on the English comic stage in conceptualising gendered identities for the men and women of a polite, genteel nation. The book analyses certain popular comic plays of the time to ascertain the extent to which they could constitute gender – masculinity and femininity – as the basis of a secure social order and a stable nation. A study of gender–culture interface, Gendering the Nation offers new readings of non-canonical plays and makes extensive use of several extra-literary discourses\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45616465510551,"sku":"9788125051299","price":1126.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788125051299.webp?v=1769294861","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/gendering-the-nation-identity-politics-and-english-comic-theatre-of-the-long-eighteenth-century-9788125051299","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}