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Theater in the Middle East : between performance and politics / edited by Babak Rahimi.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--Middle East--History.
- Theater.
- Arabic drama--History and criticism.
- Arabic drama.
- History.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 170 pages) : illustrations
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Transcription
- Introduction
- Notes
- Part I Pedagogy and Tradition
- Chapter 1 Teaching Middle Eastern Theater: Creation, Challenges and Rewards
- What Exactly Is the Middle East?
- Pedagogical Methodologies
- Selecting the Plays
- Specialist in the Field
- Turkish Theater
- Armenian Theater
- Iranian Theater
- Israeli Theater
- Arab Theater
- Course Outcomes and Evaluation
- Notes
- Chapter 2 Harem Entertainers: Female Performers in Qajar Courts
- Games
- Ta'zieh
- Bazi
- Influences on Harem Women's Theatrical Performances
- Theatrical Performances and Cross-Dressing
- Chapter 3 Nehad Selaiha and the Egyptian Theater
- Chapter 4 The Reinvention of Storytelling Tradition in Moroccan Theater: From Postcolonial Hybridity to Women's Empowerment
- Colonial Rupture
- Postcolonial Intervention
- Conclusion
- Part II Politics and (Trans)nation
- Chapter 5 Artistic Practice and Production at the Freedom Theatre: The Interpenetration of the Personal and the Political
- Introduction: Theater of Resistance in Palestine
- Empowerment and Agency through Theater
- Jenin
- The Freedom Theatre: 2006-11
- The Freedom Theatre: 2012-17
- 2012: The Caretaker
- 2013: The Island
- 2013: Suicide Note
- 2014: Enemy
- 2015: The Siege-Fighting a War of Narratives
- Synthesis: Theater as Transformative and Political Practice
- Chapter 6 Domestic Arts: Sigalit Landau, Emily Jacir and Israel-Palestine
- Chapter 7 Radio Drama by and about Syrian Refugees: Reimaging the Nation on Souriali
- SouriaLi and the Demographics of Belonging
- We Are All Refugees as Social Analysis and Theater for Development
- Casting and the Diasporic Imagination
- SouriaLi and Remembering Syria
- Chapter 8 No Demand No Supply: Documentary Theater Transforming the Mainstream Media
- The Play in Context
- Project Development
- The Premiere
- Lana
- The Second Performance
- From Campus to City
- Feeding the Mainstream Media
- End Matter
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 11, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Rahimi, Babak Theater in the Middle East : Between Performance and Politics
- ISBN:
- 9781785274473
- 1785274473
- 9781785274480
- 1785274481
- Publisher Number:
- 99985209011
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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