Performance, exile and 'America'
2009
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"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.This collection of essays investigates dramatic and performative renderings of 'America' as an exilic place, particularly focusing on issues of language, space, and identity. It looks at ways in which immigrants and outsiders are embodied in American theatre practice.
Main title:
Performance, exile and 'America' / edited by Silvija Jestrovic and Yana Meerzon.
Imprint:
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, c2009.
Collation:
xiii, 266 p. : ill., 1 map, ports ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Formerly CIP. UkIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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 FitzpatrickNinety Miles Away : Exile and Identity in Recent Cuban-American Dramas / Yael PrizantAn American Mile in Others' Shoes : The Tragicomedy of Immigrating to the 21st Century U.S. / Diana ManoleThe American Landscape Reconsidered : On Theatricality of Urban America in the Russian Emigre Writings, with the special focus on Vasily Aksyonov's works / Yana MeerzonAMERICAN PERFORMATIVITY. Theatres in America: Brecht and Kafka / Freddie RokemAmerica Relocated : Karel Capek's Robots between Prague, Berlin and New York / Veronika AmbrosAt Home in Exile : Finding America in Casablanca and Camino Real / Alan AckermanAMERICA AND THE OTHER : FROM REPRESENTATION TO INTERVENTION. De-Territorializing Voices : Staging the Middle East in American Theatre / Erith Jaffe-BergCurrent Trends in Arab-American Performance / Dalia Basiouny and Marvin CarlsonBombing (on) the Border : Ali & Ali and the aXes of Evil as Transnational Agitprop / Jerry WassermanExiles and the City : Krzysztof Wodiczko's New York Interventions of Making the Familiar Strange / Silvija Jestrovic.
ISBN:
9780230574564 (hbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
American drama -- Minority authors -- History and criticismExiles in literatureImmigrants in literatureEmigration and immigration in literatureOther (Philosophy) in literatureAlienation (Social psychology) in literatureIdentity (Psychology) in literatureTransnationalism in literatureMinorities -- United States -- Intellectual lifeTheater and society -- United States -- 21st centuryUnited States -- In literature
BRN:
2513062