Shayoni Mitra, Author at INVERSE JOURNAL

Shayoni Mitra

Shayoni Mitra is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Theatre, Barnard College. Columbia University. She teaches courses on performance theory, feminist politics and Asian theatre styles. Her writings appear in academic journals such as amongst other Contemporary Theatre Review, The Drama Review, Asian Theatre Journal, Economic and Political Weekly, and in news publications such as the Indian Express. She has been a Transnational Feminisms fellow at the Barnard Center for Research on Women, and is on the executive board of American Society of Theatre Research. She lives in New York with her two daughters and exuberant rescue dog whose training is a work in progress.

Decolonizing Space: What The White Lotus and The Chair Get Wrong about Student Politics — by Shayoni Mitra

In this piece, Shayoni Mitra, who teaches at Barnard College, Columbia University, provides a direly needed critique on two highly-watched and trending shows, The White Lotus (Netflix) and The Chair (HBO). While discussing what succeeds and stands out in both series, Dr. Mitra problematizes common fissures that reveal what is deeply absent from the plotlines, characterizations, and thematic undercurrents that respectively shape both of these popular series.

Shayoni Mitra

Decolonizing Space: What The White Lotus and The Chair Get Wrong about Student Politics — by Shayoni Mitra