To The Workplace (a drama on the first women's commune of kerala in 1948) (Record no. 745690)

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ISBN 9789348132819
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title English
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 822
Item number GRA/T R4
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Source of Number Colon Classification
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Personal name Gramaprakash N. R. Ed/
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Title To The Workplace (a drama on the first women's commune of kerala in 1948)
Statement of responsibility, etc /Translated by Anjana Sankar
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Kozhikode:
Name of publisher Pusthakalokam,
Year of publication 2024.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 86p.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note ENGLISH To the Workplaceis the first feminist play in Malayalam, written and staged in Thrissur in 1948, bythe Antharjana Samajam, a commune of Malayali Brahmin women, founded in 1931, to reform the Namboothiri community by preventing crude practices like polygamy, the marriage of young maidens to old men and enforced widowhood. The play is a unique attempt made by the female commune of Antharjanams that started functioning in Palghat district to subvert the stereotypes created by their male counterparts. Based on the real life experiences of an orphaned inmate, Kavungara Bahragavi, whose uncle decides to sell her off to a cruel Namboothiri, but is rescued by the members of the commune, the play also propagates the idea of financial independence through spinning and weaving, as an alternative to matrimony for Antharjanams. Two factors that make the play really unique are with regard to its staging and directing, solely done by women, and the fact that such an initiative evolved in Kerala in 1948, much before similar attempts took shape in the developed countries, drawing attention to the radical nature of Kerala modernity.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Drama/Feminist Play
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Personal name Anjana Sankar (tr.)
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gramaprakash N. R. (ed.)
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Personal name Beena K. R.
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home Library Current Location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Non-fiction Dept. of Malayalam Dept. of Malayalam Processing Center 05/02/2025 Purchased 200.00 822 GRA/T R4 MAL66465   Book