Performance and Cosmopolitics

Cross-Cultural Transactions in Australasia
2007. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-230-00340-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 245 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 472 g

Reihe: Studies in International Performance

This ground-breaking study of cross-cultural theatre in the Australasian region focuses on theatrical events and practices in avant-garde and mainstream contexts. It explores the cultural and political dimensions of Australia's engagement with Asia and sheds light on international arts marketing and trends in cross-cultural performance training.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gilbert, H.

Lo, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction: Performing Cosmopolitics (Anti)Cosmopolitan Encounters Indigenizing Australian Theatre Asianizing Australian Theatre Marketing Difference at the Adelaide Festival Crossing Cultures: Case Studies Asian Australian Hybrid Praxis Performance and Asylum: Ethics, Embodiment, Efficacy Conclusion: Cosmopolitics in the New Millennium Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

HELEN GILBERT is Professor of Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, and co-convenor of the College's interdisciplinary Postcolonial Research Group. Her books include (1998), (with Joanne Tompkins, 1996) and (2001).

JACQUELINE LO is Reader in English and Head of the School of Humanities at the Australian National University, Australia. She is the author of (2004) and Chair of the Asian Australian Studies Research Network.