Theatre, Performance and Commemoration - Staging Crisis, Memory and Nationhood

How does the act of performance speak to the concept of commemoration? How and why does commemorative theatre operate as a conceptual, historical and political site from which to interrogate ideas of nationalism and nationhood? This volume explores how theatre and performance create a stage for acts of commemoration, considering crises of hate, nationalism and migration, as well as political, racial and religious bigotry. It features case studies drawn from across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America. The book''s four parts each explore commemoration through a different theoretical lens and present a new set of dramaturgies for research and study. While Section 1 offers a critical survey of 20th- and 21st-century discourses, Section 2 uncovers the commemorative practices underpinning contemporary dramaturgy and applies these practices to plays and performance pieces. These include works by Martin Lynch, Frank McGuinness, Sanja Mitrovic, Theater RAST, Les SlovaKs Dance Collective, Estela Golovchenko, Wajdi Mouawad, Aine Stapleton, CoisCeim, ANU Productions, Aubrey Sekhabi, and Indian and African dance practices. The final sections investigate how individual and collective memory and performances of commemoration can become tools for propaganda and political agendas.>

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• Authors: Alinne Balduino P Fernandes, Miriam Haughton, V
• Assisted by: Alinne Balduino P. Fernandes (Editor), Miriam Haughton (Editor), Haughton Miriam (Editor), Pieter Verstraete (Editor), Verstraete Pieter (Editor), Claire Cochrane (Editor of the series), Cochrane Claire (Editor of the series), Bruce McConachie (Editor of the series), McConachie Bruce (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781350306790
• ISBN: 978-1-350-30679-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 232 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Cultural Histories of Theatre and Performance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Nationalism, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, social and political philosophy, Feminism & feminist theory, Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards)