Performance, exile and 'America' / edited by Silvija Jestrovic and Yana Meerzon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jestrovic, Silvija, 1970-

Meerzon, Yana.

Series:

Studies in international performance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American drama--Minority authors--History and criticism.

American drama.

Exiles in literature.

Theater and society.

American drama--Minority authors.

United States--In literature.

United States.

Immigrants in literature.

Emigration and immigration in literature.

Other (Philosophy) in literature.

Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.

Identity (Psychology) in literature.

Transnationalism in literature.

Minorities--United States--Intellectual life.

Minorities.

Intellectual life.

Theater and society--United States--21st century.

Physical Description:

xiii, 266 pages : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

"This collection of essays investigates dramatic and performative renderings of 'America' as an exilic place, investigating how 'America' and exile are imagined, challenged and theatricalized in the works of various theatre artists in the light of the current political climate in the USA"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Framing "America" : Between Exilic Imaginary and Exilic Collective / Silvija Jestrovic & Yana Meerzon

"AMERICA" BETWEEN THE EXILIC IMAGINARY AND THE EXILIC COLLECTIVE. Land of Air-conditioning and Opportunity : America on the Irish Stage / Elizabeth Fitzpatrick

Ninety Miles Away : Exile and Identity in Recent Cuban-American Dramas / Yael Prizant

An American Mile in Others' Shoes : The Tragicomedy of Immigrating to the 21st Century U.S. / Diana Manole

The American Landscape Reconsidered : On Theatricality of Urban America in the Russian Émigré Writings, with the special focus on Vasily Aksyonov's works / Yana Meerzon

AMERICAN PERFORMATIVITY. Theatres in America: Brecht and Kafka / Freddie Rokem

America Relocated : Karel Čapek's Robots between Prague, Berlin and New York / Veronika Ambros

At Home in Exile : Finding America in Casablanca and Camino Real / Alan Ackerman

AMERICA AND THE OTHER : FROM REPRESENTATION TO INTERVENTION. De-Territorializing Voices : Staging the Middle East in American Theatre / Erith Jaffe-Berg

Current Trends in Arab-American Performance / Dalia Basiouny and Marvin Carlson

Bombing (on) the Border : Ali & Ali and the aXes of Evil as Transnational Agitprop / Jerry Wasserman

Exiles and the City : Krzysztof Wodiczko's New York Interventions of Making the Familiar Strange / Silvija Jestrovic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230574564

0230574564

OCLC:

463454301