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A Collision of Cultures: Some Western Interpretations of the Indian Theatre

1984; University of Hawaii Press; Volume: 1; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/1124363

1527-2109

Rustom Bharucha,

South Asian Cinema and Culture

We claim, rightly or wrongly, to represent a superior civilization, and because of the right given us by virtue of this superiority, which we regularly affirm with such assurance as makes it seem incontestable to the natives, we have called in question all their native traditions. . . . We must offer ourselves to these (Oriental) civilizations as we do our other products, that is, on the local exchange market. -Sylvain Levi, Memorial Sylvain Levi, ed. Jacques Bacot