Performance, Space, Utopia - Cities of War, Cities of Exile

Informationen zum Autor SILVIJA JESTROVIC was born in Belgrade and lived in Toronto. She is Associate Professor at University of Warwick, UK. Her previous books include Theatre of Estrangement: Theory, Practice, Ideology (U of Toronto Press, 2006) and the edited collection (with Yana Meerzon) Performance, Exile, 'America' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). She has also written for stage and radio. Klappentext Over 20 years after the war in Yugoslavia, this book looks back at its two most iconic cities and the phenomenon of exile emerging as a consequence of living in them in the 1990s. It uses examples ranging from street interventions to theatre performances to explore the making of urban counter-sites through theatricality and utopian performatives. Zusammenfassung Over 20 years after the war in Yugoslavia! this book looks back at its two most iconic cities and the phenomenon of exile emerging as a consequence of living in them in the 1990s. It uses examples ranging from street interventions to theatre performances to explore the making of urban counter-sites through theatricality and utopian performatives. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Series Preface Acknowledgements Cities of War, Cities of Exile: Introduction PART I: BELGRADE - THE CITY OF SPECTACLE City-as-Action At the Confluence of Utopia and Seduction Epilogue: Endemic Geopathologies Part II: SARAJEVO: IMAGINARIES AND EMBODIMENTS Waiting for Godot: Sarajevo and its Interpretations City-as-Body Theatricality vs. Bare Life Theatre as Ideal City PART III: CITY OF EXILE In the Comfort of Non-Place Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: S Jestrovic, S. Jestrovic, Silvija Jestrovic, JESTROVIC SILVIJA
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.2012
• EAN: 9780230292666
• ISBN: 978-0-230-29266-6
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Studies in International Performance; Studies in International Perfo; Studies in International Perfo; Studies in International Performance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Theater, Theaterwissenschaft, B, Performing Arts, Utopia, Theatre Studies, Yugoslavia, Geschichte der darstellenden Künste, Theatre and Performance Arts, Theater—History, Theatre History, Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection, Theatre and Performance Studies, History of Performing Arts