Theater and cultural politics for a new world : an anthology / Chinua Thelwell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thelwell, Chinua, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--History--21st century.

Theater.

Theater--Political aspects.

Theater and society--History--21st century.

Theater and society.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 240 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

Theater and Cultural Politics for a New World presents a radical reexamination of the ways in which demographic shifts will impact theater and performance culture in the twenty-first century. Editor Chinua Thelwell brings together the revealing insights of artists, scholars, and organizers to produce a unique intersectional conversation about the transformative potential of theater. Opening with a case study of the New WORLD Theater and moving OR to a fascinating range of essays, the book looks at five main themes: Changing demographics, Future aesthetics, Making institutional space, Critical multiculturalism, Polyculturalism. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I New WORLD Theater 7

1 Fertile ground: how New WORLD Theater began / Elizabeth Mendez Berry Berry, Elizabeth Mendez 9

2 Steps towards a new world / Roberta Uno Uno, Roberta 22

3 "Imagining" and "restaging" otherwise: New WORLD Theater, memory work, and multicultutalist critique / Cathy J. Schlund-Vials Schlund-Vials, Cathy J. 38

4 Third World studies / Gary Y. Okihtro Okihtro, Gary Y. 47

5 All the stage's a world: the organization of international, multicultural, and global theater companies in the US / Esther Kim Lee Lee, Esther Kim 60

6 Homes at the ends of the WORLD: repertoires of access and agency out of New WORLD Theater (1979-2009) / Paul Bonin-Rodrtguez Bonin-Rodrtguez, Paul 73

7 Imagining a "New WORLD": Asian American women playwrights' archives in western Massachusetts / Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns Burns, Lucy Mae San Pablo 82

Part II New world futures: changing demographics, polyculturalism, and Future Aesthetics 97

8 Beyond demographics: Cornerstone, New WORLD, INTAR and the Theater of the Possible / Michael John Garcés Garcés, Michael John 99

9 Who tells your story? Hamilton, Future Aesthetics, and Haiti / Chinua Thelwell Thelwell, Chinua 109

10 Life as primary text: Youth Speaks through the new world / James Kass Kass, James 122

11 Hip Hop as pedagogy: the Hip Hop Theatre Initiative / Daniel Banks Banks, Daniel 135

12 An uncharted persistence: alternative minoritarian theater in austere Chicago / Jasmine Mahmoud Mahmoud, Jasmine 152

13 Whose space is it anyway? / Will Power Power, Will 168

14 A future for American Indian theater? / Hanay Geiogamah Geiogamah, Hanay 173

15 Culture, ethnicity and the inherent theater of hip-hop / Joseph Schloss Schloss, Joseph 183

16 We are not alone: a community of common values / Mark Valdez Valdez, Mark 198

17 Tear the pages out / Lé Tim Diem Thùy Thùy, Lé Tim Diem 210

18 "Not a prophecy, but description": rethinking multiculturalism in the "post-racial" moment / Jell Chang Chang, Jell 218.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138929760

113892976X

9781138929777

1138929778

OCLC:

962007334