After ''89 - Polish Theatre and the Political

This book provides an exceptional introduction to Polish theatre since the fall of communism, exploring how theatre goes beyond norms and nationalistic concepts to intersect with politics, feminism, queer identities, the rise in anti-Semitism, ethnicities and history.

List of contents

Introduction: really existing democracy
1. The move to neoliberalism
2. No more heroes
3. Beyond a teatr kobiecy
4. Gay emancipation and queer counterpublics
5. Rethinking Polish/Jewish relations
6. Equivalencies of exclusion
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Bryce Lease is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London

Product details

• Authors: Bryce Lease
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781526139542
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3954-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Theatre Theory Practice Perfor; Theatre Theory Practice Perfor
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet