Mexican Dramaturgies and Memories - Contemporary Theatre and Performance in Mexico

Hellier-Tinoco proposes the concept of palimpsest bodies to interpret provocative theatre and performance experiments that explore issues of cultural memory, bodies of history, archives, repertoires and performing remains. This book offers an in-depth analysis of four postdramatic and transdisciplinary collective creation theatre projects.

About the author

Ruth Hellier-Tinoco is professor of performing arts, music, theater, and dance at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and editor in chief of the multidisciplinary journal Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos.

Summary

Hellier-Tinoco proposes the concept of palimpsest bodies to interpret provocative theatre and performance experiments that explore issues of cultural memory, bodies of history, archives, repertoires and performing remains. This book offers an in-depth analysis of four postdramatic and transdisciplinary collective creation theatre projects.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Hellier-Tinoco, Ruth (University of Winchester) Hellier-Tinoco
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2014
• EAN: 9781841504667
• ISBN: 978-1-84150-466-7
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Soziologie