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An up-to-date, contextualized assessment of the impact of the 'festivalization' of culture around the world.
List of contents
Introduction Ric Knowles; Part I. Contexts and Methods: 1. From post-war to 'Second Wave': international performing arts festivals Keren Zaiontz; 2. International festivals, the practice of coproduction, and the challenges for documentation in a digital age Alexandra Portmann; 3. City festivals and festival cities Marjana Johansson; 4. Indigenous festivals Ric Knowles; Part II. International Festivals around the Globe: 5. European festivals Erika Fischer-Lichte; 6. International theatre festivals in the United Kingdom: the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as model neoliberal market Jen Harvie; 7. Under the radar festival, New York: experimental, urban, and global Carol Martin; 8. The Australian festival network Sarah Thomasson; 9. Theatre festivals in post-Arab Spring countries Khalid Amine; 10. Staging East Africa through global exchange: the Kampala International Theatre Festival Julia Goldstein; 11. The National Arts Festival in Grahamstown: culture, economics, and race in South Africa Loren Kruger; 12. Reckoning with historical conflicts in East Asian theatre festivals: the BeSeTo Theatre Festival and Gwangju Media Arts Festival Hayana Kim; 13. Festivals in the francophone world as sites of cultural struggle Emily Sahakian; 14. International festivals in Latin America: festival Santiago a Mil and Festival Internacional de Buenos Aires Jean Graham-Jones; 15. RUTAS | ROUTES: a festival commons of hemispheric interculturalidad Natalie Alvarez; Index.
About the author
Ric Knowles is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and recipient of a Lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Association for Theatre Research. He is former editor of Theatre Journal, Modern Drama, and Canadian Theatre Review, and an award-winning author or editor of twenty books on drama and theatre.
Summary
Presents an up-to-date, contextualized account of the global reach and impact of the 'festivalization' of culture. It analyses festivals as sites of intercultural negotiation and exchange and reveals their role in Africa, Asia, Australia, the Arab world, Europe and the Americas.
