Imperialism and Theatre

Essays on World Theatre, Drama and Performance
Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-0-415-10640-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Imperialism is a transnational and transhistorical phenomenon; it occurs neither in limited areas nor at one specific moment. In cultures from across the world theatrical performance has long been a site for both the representation and support of imperialism, and resistance and rebellion against it. Imperialism and Theatre is a groundbreaking collection which explores the questions of why and how the theatre was selected within imperial cultures for the representation of the concerns of both the colonizers and the colonized. Gathering together fifteen noted scholars and theatre practitioners, this collection spans global and historical boundaries and presents a uniquely comprehensive study of post-colonial drama. The essays engage in current theoretical issues while shifting the focus from the printed text to theatre as a cultural formation and locus of political force. A compelling and extremely timely work, Imperialism and Theatre reveals fascinating new dimensions to the post-colonial debate. Contributors: Nora Alter; Sudipto Chatterjee; Mary Karen Dahl; Alan Filewood; Donald H. Frischmann; Rhonda Garelick; Helen Gilbert; Michael Hays; Loren Kruger; Josephine Lee; Robert Eric Livingston; Julie S. Peters; Michael Quinn; Edward Said; Elaine Savory.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gainor, J. Ellen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatersoziologie, Theaterpsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatertheorie, Ästhetik des Theaters, Theaterkritik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 VIETNAMESE THEATRE OF RESISTANCE, Nora M. Alter; Chapter 2 MISE-EN-(COLONIAL-) SCÈNE[Sudipto Chatterjee; Chapter 3 POSTCOLONIAL BRITISH THEATRE, Mary Karen Dahl; Chapter 4 ERECT SONS AND DUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, Alan Filewod; Chapter 5 CONTEMPORARY MAYAN THEATRE AND ETHNIC CONFLICT, Donald H. Frischmann; Chapter 6 ELECTRIC SALOME, Rhonda K. Garelick; Chapter 7 DRESSED TO KILL, Helen Gilbert; Chapter 8 REPRESENTING EMPIRE, Michael Hays; Chapter 9 “;THAT FLUCTUATING MOVEMENT OF NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS”, Loren Kruger; Chapter 10 LINGUISTIC IMPERIALISM, THE EARLY ABBEY THEATRE, AND THE TRANSLATIONSOF BRIAN FRIEL, Josephine Lee; Chapter 11 DECOLONIZING THE THEATRE, Robert Eric Livington; Chapter 12 INTERCULTURAL PERFORMANCE, THEATRE ANTHROPOLOGY, AND THE IMPERIALIST CRITIQUE, Julie Stone Peters; Chapter 13 SATELLITE DRAMA, Michael Quinn; Chapter 14 ON JEAN GENET'S LATE WORKS, Edward W. Said; Chapter 15 STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL, Elaine Savory; Index;

Über Autor(innen)

J.Ellen Gainor is an Associate Professor of Theatre Studies at Cornell University. She is the author of Shaw's Daughters: Dramatic and Narrative Constructions of Gender (1991) and has also written on imperialism and colonialism in the drama of George Bernard Shaw and Athol Fugard.