Performing Exile, Performing Self - Drama, Theatre, Film

Informationen zum Autor YANA MEERZON Associate Professor, Department of Theatre, University of Ottawa, Canada. Her research interests are in theater and drama theory. Her book The Path of a Character: Michael Chekhov's Inspired Acting and Theatre Semiotics was published in 2005. Her latest publication is a collection of articles (co-edited with Silvija Jestrovic) Performance, Exile and 'America' , November 2009, Palgrave. Klappentext This book examines the life and art of those contemporary artists who by force or by choice find themselves on other shores. It argues that the exilic challenge enables the émigré artist to (re)establish new artistic devices, new laws and a new language of communication in both his everyday life and his artistic work. Zusammenfassung This book examines the life and art of those contemporary artists who by force or by choice find themselves on other shores. It argues that the exilic challenge enables the émigré artist to (re)establish new artistic devices, new laws and a new language of communication in both his everyday life and his artistic work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Prologue: Performing Exile – Performing Self PART I: PERFORMING LANGUAGE Heteroglossia of a Castaway The Land of a Divide PART II: PERFORMING IMAGE The Dream of a Floating Island The Quest for Exilic Anthropophany PART III: PERFORMING MEDIA Performing Media The Prodigal Son Framing the Ancestry Epilogue: On the Lessons of Exilic Theatre, Performing Exile, Performing Self Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Y Meerzon, Y. Meerzon, Yana Meerzon, MEERZON YANA
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 05.04.2012
• EAN: 9780230221536
• ISBN: 978-0-230-22153-6
• Pagine: 361
• Serie: Studies in International Performance; Studies in International Perfo; Studies in International Perfo; Studies in International Performance
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica; Theater, B, Music, Sociology, Geography, Performing Arts, Theatre Studies, Sociology, general, Geography, general, Theatre and Performance Arts, Theater—History, Theatre History, Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection, Theatre and Performance Studies, History of Performing Arts, communication;drama;film;Image;theatre