Abstract:The article explores the intersection of politics and performance in India as professed in the performance of A. Mangai's Pacha mannu (The New Born, 1994), which interrogates the social construction of hierarchical power relationship and puts up gendered resistance to it in enacting alternate possibilities in the streets. Mangai's theatre engages with issues related to gender inequality and gender-based oppressions women face since their very birth, specifically female infanticide and the preference for male child, and aims at raising consciousness among the common masses. Staged in makeshift stages or empty spaces, The New Born deals with everyday realities men and women experience, and through using songs, rituals, and local customs it strikes a common note among the audience.

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抗议女性堕胎和对新地球的希望：对 A. Mangai 的 Pacha mannu（新生）的研究

摘要：本文探讨了 A. Mangai 的 Pacha mannu（The New Born，1994 年）的表演所揭示的印度政治与表演的交叉，该表演质疑了等级权力关系的社会建构，并在制定过程中对其进行了性别抵制。街道上的替代可能性。Mangai 的戏剧涉及与性别不平等和女性自出生以来面临的基于性别的压迫有关的问题，特别是杀女婴和对男孩的偏爱，旨在提高普通大众的意识。《新生》在临时舞台或空旷的空间中上演，处理男性和女性所经历的日常现实，并通过使用歌曲、仪式和当地习俗在观众中引起共鸣。