Theatre and the World

Performance and the Politics of Culture
1. Auflage 1993
ISBN: 978-0-415-09215-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 553 g

In this passionate and controversial work, director and critic Rustom Bharucha presents the first major critique of intercultural theatre from a 'Third World' perspective.
Bharucha questions the assumptions underlying the theatrical visions of some of the twentieth century's most prominent theatre practitioners and theorists, including Antonin Artaud, Jerzsy Grotowski, and Peter Brook. He contends that Indian theatre has been grossly mythologised and taken out of context by Western directors and critics. And he presents a detailed dramaturgical analysis of what he describes as an intracultural theatre project, providing an alternative vision of the possibilities of true cultural pluralism.
Theatre and the World bravely challenges much of today's 'multicultural' theatre movement. It will be vital reading for anyone interested in the creation or discussion of a truly non-Eurocentric world theatre.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bharucha, Rustom

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Part I Points of departure, Part II Transition, Part III Returning, Afterword, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rustom Bharucha