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Theater of war and exile : twelve playwrights, directors and performers from Eastern Europe and Israel / Domnica Radulescu ; foreword by Maya E. Roth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Radulescu, Domnica, 1961- author.
- Roth, Maya E., author of introduction, etc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- East European drama--History and criticism.
- East European drama.
- Theater--Europe, Eastern--History.
- Theater.
- Israeli drama--History and criticism.
- Israeli drama.
- Theater--Israel--History.
- Politics and literature--Europe, Eastern.
- Politics and literature.
- Politics and literature--Israel.
- Theater--Political aspects--Europe, Eastern.
- Theater--Political aspects--Israel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In what ways does political trauma influence the art arising from it? Is there an aesthetic of war and exile in theatrical works that emerge from such experiences? Are there cultural markers defining such works from areas like Eastern Europe and Israel? This book considers these questions in an examination of plays, performances and theater artists that speak from a place of political violence and displacement. The author's critical inquiry covers a variety of theatrical experimentations, including Brechtian distancing, black humor, pastiche, surreal and hyper-real imagery, reversed chronologi
- Contents:
- Matei Visniec: Consciousness Raising Through TheaterBiljana Srbljanovic: Postwar Dystopias; Milena Markovic: Grand Guignol Horror and Dystopia; Motti Lerner: Playwriting as Resistance to War; Between pages 262 and 263 are 8 plates containing ; Three. Performance as Memory Keeper and Promoter of Peace; Noa Baum: Storytelling as a Way of Understanding the "Other"; Marcy Arlin and the Immigrants Theater Project: Celebrating Diversity; DAH Theater Group: Performance as Promoter of Peace and Repository of Memory; Conclusion: Theater as Survival; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781476619194
- 1-4766-1919-0
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