Staging Muslims in Britain - Playwriting, Performance, and Representation

This scholarly volume delves into the manner in which British Muslims articulate their cultural, social, and religious identities through theatrical productions in 21st-century Britain and examines their portrayal within these performances.

Sommario

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: For Whom the Bell Tolls?: Dangerization of Islam in the 21st Century Britain and the Birth of British Islamic Theatre
Chapter 1. Islamic Playwriting: Theories and Techniques of Production
Chapter 2. Performances of Muslimness: Theatre Venues of Islamic Representations
Chapter 3. Representing Self-Image: Islamic Subjectivities, Homogeneities and Heterogeneities
Chapter 4. Theatricalizing Femininities: Islamic Womanliness, Veiling and Demonization of Muslim Women
Chapter 5. Acts of Masculinities: Muslim Manhood, Youth Culture and Dissent
Chapter 6. Rising Voices Against Marginalization: Racialization, Muslim Anger and Radicalization
Conclusion: Muslims are coming!
References
Index

Info autore

Önder Çak¿rtä is an associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Bingol University.

Riassunto

This scholarly volume delves into the manner in which British Muslims articulate their cultural, social, and religious identities through theatrical productions in 21st-century Britain and examines their portrayal within these performances.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Onder Cakirtas, Önder Çakırtaş
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 24.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032322650
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232265-0
• Pagine: 236
• Serie: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Altro; Islam, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, ART / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, ART / Performance, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Writing & editing guides, Performance Art, Writing and editing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, Theatre Direction & Production, Theatre direction and production, Performance;Islamic studies;political science;sociology