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Brill Casuistry and Early Modern Spanish Literature
Book SynopsisCasuistry and Early Modern Spanish Literature examines a neglected yet crucial field: the importance of casuistical thought and discourse in the development of literary genres in early modern Spain. Faced with the momentous changes wrought by discovery, empire, religious schism, expanding print culture, consolidation of legal codes and social transformation, writers sought innovation within existing forms (the novella, the byzantine romance, theatrical drama) and created novel genres (most notably, the picaresque). These essays show how casuistry, with its questioning of example and precept, and meticulous concern with conscience and the particularities of circumstance, is instrumental in cultivating the subjectivity, rhetorical virtuosity and spirit of inquiry that we have come to associate with the modern novel.Table of ContentsContents Casuistry and Early Modern Spanish Literature A Neglected Relationship Marlen Bidwell-Steiner and Michael Scham Justice, Blindfolded: Law and Crime in the Celestina Marlen Bidwell-Steiner Artful Rhetoric: The Case of Lázaro de Tormes Edward H. Friedman The Intrusion of an Apocryphal Guzmán as a (Legal, Moral and Literary) ‘Case’ in Mateo Alemán’s Authentic Second Part David Alvarez Roblin Theological Casuistry and Casuistical Preposterousness: The Fallacious Cases of La pícara Justina David Mañero Lozano The Exploration of Circumstance: Casuistry and the Emergence of the Novela Bizantina in Alonso Núñez de Reinoso’s Historia de los amores de Clareo y Florisea, y de los trabajos de Ysea (1552) Anita Traninger Comic Casuistry and Common Sense: Sancho Panza’s Governorship Michael Scham The Lawyers’ Tales. Legal Casuistry and the Spanish Golden Age Novella (Cristóbal Suárez de Figueroa, Alonso de Castillo Solórzano) Mechthild Albert Opinion, Idolatry, and Indigenous Consciousness: Bartolomé de las Casas’ Approach to Human Sacrifice José Cárdenas Bunsen Staging Penance: Scenes of Sacramental Confession in Early Modern Spanish Drama Hilaire Kallendorf Index
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Brill Albee Abroad
Book SynopsisThe final volume of the New Perspectives in Edward Albee Studies series expands the analyses of Edward Albee’s theatre beyond Anglophone countries. Ranging from academic essays, performance reviews, and interviews, the selected contributions examine different socio-political contexts, cultural dynamics, linguistic communities, and aesthetic traditions, from the 1960s to our contemporary days. Albee Abroad gladly brings together varied voices from Czech Republic, People’s Republic of China, Brazil, Iran, Germany, Spain, and Greece, thus enriching Albee scholarship with more plural tones.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Introduction Michael Y. Bennett 1 A Constant Struggle for Freedom: Edward Albee in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic Tomáš Kacer 2 I’m Not There: Toward Albee’s Reception in China Eddie Hanchen Feng 3 A Volcanic Contribution: The Zoo Story and the 1960s Brazilian Stages Esther Santana 4 Edward Albee on Iranian Stages: A Critical Ethnography Mohammadali (Al) Dabiri and Deniz Khateri 5 American Absurdism as Philosophy: Edward Albee in Germany Philipp Reisner 6 The Communication Paradigm in Recent German Albee Scholarship: A Review Essay Philipp Reisner 7 Edward Albee’s 21st Century Spanish Canon: Bringing It Up to Speed or Honoring the Tradition? Ramón Espejo Romero 8 Albee’s Greek Legacy in The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia? Antonia Tsamouris 9 Interview: Philip Arnoult on Albee’s International Leadership Natka Bianchini Index
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John Benjamins Publishing Co Semiotics of Drama and Theatre: New Perspectives
Book SynopsisThe volume presents perspectives in the theory of drama and theatre that are new for the following reasons: 1) the contributions reflect the international cooperation in developing drama and theatre as well as its theories; 2) this collection is the first attempt of presenting papers within the context of (Analytical) Theory of Science; 3) it is the first consistent set of papers starting from semiotics a s a meta-theory. The volume is divided into four sections: I Fundamental of Theatre Research, II Theory of Drama and Theatre, III Descriptive Theatre Research, IV Applied Theatre Research. The fifth and final section offers a selective bibliography of analytical approaches to drama and theatre.Table of Contents1. The editors: New Perspectives in the Theory of Drama and Theatre; an Introduction; 2. I. Fundamentals of Theatre Research; 3. Theatre and Drama Research; an Analytical Proposition (by Van Kesteren, Aloysius); 4. II. Theory of Drama and Theatre; 5. The Algebra of Scenic Situations (by Dinu, Mihai); 6. Evidence et strategies de l'analyse theatrale (by Helbo, Andre); 7. On the Nature of Dramatic Text (by Prochazka, Miroslav); 8. Coherence and Focability: A Contribution to the Analysability of Theatre Discourse (by Tindemans, Carlos); 9. III. Descriptive Theatre Research; 10. The Dramatic Dialogue: Oral or Literary Communication? (by Fischer-Lichte, Erika); 11. Music as Theme and as Structural Model in Chekhov's Three Sisters (by Golomb, Harai); 12. Die Strategic der Paradoxie: Zur Logik der Konversation im Dandyismus am Beispiel Oscar Wildes (by Hess-Luttich, Ernest W.B.); 13. The Theatrical Theatre - Evreinov's Contribution to Russian Modernism: An Analysis of The Merry Death (by Hildebrand, Olle); 14. Le role de l'espace scenique dans la lecture du texte dramatique: Quelques observations sur un 'modele' du genre dramatique et sur les Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore de Pirandello (by Jansen, Steen); 15. On Brecht's Notion of Gestus (by Pavis, Patrice); 16. Die Umstrukturierung des theatralischen Zeichens in Cechovs Einakter Predlozenie (Der Heiratsantrag) (by Schmid, Herta); 17. Frames and Metacommunication in Genet's The Balcony (by Sherzer, Dina); 18. Acting and Behaviour: A Study in the Signans (by Veltrusky, Jiri); 19. IV. Applied Theatre Research; 20. Towards a Theory of Women's Theatre (by Bassnett, Susan); 21. 'Good guy bad guy' Effects in Political Theatre (by Tan, Ed); 22. V. Bibliography; 23. Selective and Incomplete Bibliography of Analytical Approaches to Drama and Theatre (by Van Kesteren, Aloysius)
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Peeters Publishers Le théâtre ache lhamo: Jeux et enjeux d'une
Book SynopsisCet ouvrage est une monographie du théâtre tibétain ache lhamo, tel qu'il était joué à l'époque prémoderne, antérieure à 1950, et tel qu'il est encore joué actuellement en Région autonome du Tibet (République populaire de Chine) et dans la diaspora tibétaine établie en Inde et au Népal. Comme la plupart des théâtres d'Asie, il est un genre composite: à la fois drame à thématique religieuse, issue du bouddhisme mahâyâna, satire mimée et farce paysanne, il comprend de la récitation, du chant, des percussions, de la danse et des bouffoneries improvisées, ainsi qu'un usage de masques et de costumes flamboyants, qui tranchent avec la sobriété absolue de la mise en scène. Bien qu'il ait été soutenu et financé par le gouvernement des Dalai Lama, par de grands monastères et par des familles aristocratiques, il s'agit d'un théâtre avant tout populaire. Cette recherche, qui combine les approches de l'anthropologie, de la tibétologie et des études théâtrales, s'appuie sur des enquêtes de terrain de plus de quatre ans au Tibet et en exil. L'étude est divisée en trois parties. La première, «Le cadre culturel du lhamo avant 1959», est consacrée au contexte (historique, religieux et littéraire) dans lequel le théâtre est inscrit, ainsi qu'aux textes (leur contenu, leurs modalités de composition et de transmission) qui révèlent l'imaginaire propre du théâtre. La deuxième partie est une analyse de «L'ancrage sociologique du lhamo». Les conditions matérielles des représentations sont examinées: les divers types de troupes, leur organisation interne, le statut social des acteurs, l'inscription de la pratique du théâtre dans le système socio-économique, et les rapports d'obligations tissés entre acteurs, seigneurs et commanditaires. La dernière partie, «Art et savoirs des acteurs» rend compte des conceptions, valeurs, plaisirs et difficultés de ceux qui pratiquent cette forme d'art. La ritualité du jeu théâtral et les divers registres de virtuosité sont analysés en détail. L'épilogue fait le point sur la situation contemporaine des deux côtés de l'Himalaya. Il s'agit fondamentalement d'un théâtre de paradoxes, qui traverse et relie des aspects contrastés de la culture tibétaine: bouddhisme et religions mondaines, culture savante et culture populaire, écriture et oralité, éléments exogènes et apports autochtones, aspiration religieuse et intérêts matériels.
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Presses Interuniversitaires Europeennes Codifying the National Self: Spectators, Actors
Book SynopsisTheater has always been the site of visionary hopes for a reformed national future and a space for propagating ideas, both cultural and political, and such a conceptualization of the histrionic art is all the more valuable in the post-9/11 era. The essays in this volume address the concept of Americanness and the perceptions of the alien as ethnic, class or gendered minorities as dealt with in the work of American playwrights from Anna Cora Mowatt, through Rachel Crothers or Susan Glaspell, and on to Sam Shepard, David Mamet, Nilo Cruz or Wallace Shawn. The authors of the essays come from a multi-national university background that includes the United States, the United Arab Emirates and various countries of the European Community. In recognition of the multiple components of drama, the essays for the volume were selected in order to exemplify different aspects and theories of theater studies: the playwright, the play, the audience and the actor are all examined as part of the theatrical experience that serves to formulate American national identity.
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Presses Interuniversitaires Europeennes Labyrinth of Hybridities: Avatars of O’Neillian
Book SynopsisTaking its cue from Eugene O'Neill's questioning of faithful realism, voiced by Edmund Tyrone in Long Day's Journey into Night, this book examines the distant legacy of the Irish American playwright in contemporary multiethnic drama in the U.S. It explores the labyrinth of formal devices through which African American, Latina/o, First Nations, and Asian American dramatists have unconsciously reinterpreted O'Neill's questioning of mimesis. In their works, hybridizations of stage realism function as aesthetic celebrations of the spiritual potentialities of cultural in-betweenness. This volume provides detailed analyses of over forty plays authored by such key artists as August Wilson, Suzan-Lori Parks, José Rivera, Cherríe Moraga, Hanay Geiogamah, Diane Glancy, David Henry Hwang, and Chay Yew, to give only a few prominent examples. All in all, Labyrinth of Hybridities invites its readers to reassess the cross-cultural patterns characterizing the history of twentieth century American drama.
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European Interuniversity Press Reading without Maps?: Cultural Landmarks in a
Book SynopsisAmong the intellectual debates of the last forty years, the critique of cultural canons has attracted the highest share of public attention, stirring academic, educational, and media controversies on both sides of the Atlantic. Postmodernism, feminism, postcolonialism, and multiculturalism have refashioned the attitudes of educators and audiences towards cultural memory, opening up curricula to subjects and traditions previously excluded from the humanities. Predictably, these new critical practices have triggered heated responses from commentators fearing that culture and education might thereby be deprived of their capacity to provide audiences and learners with proper groundings and landmarks. The present volume gathers contributions that throw light on multiple aspects of this reconfiguration of cultural memory. It brings together essays focusing on the dynamics of canon formation in several fields literature, drama, film, and music. Contributors examine how writers and communities find their bearings in a cultural landscape more complex than that previously envisaged by advocates of the Great Tradition. Specifically, the present essays throw light on the status of modernist writing, drama in English, or popular genres within the new canonical topography elaborated at the turn of the twenty-first century.
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Presses Interuniversitaires Europeennes Unstable Ground: Performance and the Politics of
Book SynopsisTheorists in the humanities and social sciences are increasingly aware of the need to account for the dynamic role played by spatial factors in nearly every domain of human experience. Theatre, as an art form that is utterly dependent on its own spatiality, has a major contribution to make to contemporary debates about space and place. In this book, academics from Australian departments of theatre and performance studies are joined by others from anthropology, cultural and environmental studies as well as site-based performance makers, in order to explore the nexus between place and performance in practices ranging from mainstream theatre and site-specific performance to political demonstrations, rituals of commemoration and social display. While the places and performances they describe are necessarily local, the issues raised are not peculiar to Australia and will resonate with people in many countries where incoming settlers have displaced indigenous populations, where large-scale migration has unsettled resident populations, where atrocities have been committed (in peacetime as well as war) and people have somehow to find ways to live in places marked by the memory of trauma. The book ends with a theoretical afterword by anthropologist Lowell Lewis, proposing some important refinements to ongoing critical discourse about space and place.
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European Interuniversity Press Le Monde Du Théâtre- Édition 2011: Compte Rendu
Book SynopsisCet ouvrage intéressera l'amateur de théâtre à plus d'un titre. Il propose un panorama mondial à travers 51 articles traitant de deux saisons de théâtre. La singularité de cette forme mérite d'être soulignée. Chacun des pays représentés ici a confié à un spécialiste un regard analytique sur les saisons 20072008 et 20082009. Cela donne une juxtaposition d'approches qui, unies dans un objectif commun, gardent leurs spécificités. Ici, on met l'accent sur la perpétuation des traditions théâtrales, là, on est attentif aux signes d'ouverture aux aventures du théâtre international. Ici, on scrute les résistances que le théâtre peut opposer aux pouvoirs, là, on souligne l'intelligence de l'institution théâtrale et de l'État. Partout, on nous fait découvrir des formes, des pratiques et des répertoires qui retrouvent ainsi droit de cité à côté des artistes qui dominent les scènes internationales. De l'Allemagne à l'Ukraine, nous explorons la vie théâtrale dans son actualité avec ce léger recul qui permet de dégager quelques lignes de force. On pioche ainsi informations et détails insolites sur le travail des acteurs, les projets des metteurs en scène ou les goûts du public. C'est ainsi que nous portons un autre regard sur le théâtre dans le monde.
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Presses Interuniversitaires Europeennes What about the Rogue?: Survival and Metamorphosis
Book SynopsisThis book has been shortlisted for an ESSE book award 2012 in Literatures in the English Language, Junior Scholars. This book gives an account of the significance of the rogue in contemporary British literature and culture, focusing on this character's survival and metamorphosis from the second half of the 20th century onwards. While the character of the rogue is most often associated with the 16th and 17th centuries, the author focuses on contemporary literary texts, as well as cinematographic adaptations. She discusses the revival of the rogue mainly in the 1950s, adopting a comparative approach, establishing connections to other fields of representation besides literature. Thus, the originality of this book lies in its interdisciplinary nature. The focus on contemporary writers who have put the character of the rogue at the forefront in their works, particularly Martin Amis and Irvine Welsh, and the author's awareness of the socio-political circumstances in which the books were written, adds substantially to our understanding of the rogue character.
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Presses Interuniversitaires Europeennes Drama Reinvented: Theatre Adaptation in Ireland
Book SynopsisThis book examines the dramatic rewritings that emerged in the period 1970-2007, during which stage adaptations flourished in Ireland. The year 1970 marked the beginning of a significant theatrical renaissance in Ireland, recalling that which occurred in the early twentieth century. This renewal was characterized by the prominence of major playwrights such as Brian Friel, Tom Murphy and Thomas Kilroy. The essays collected in this volume seek to provide new perspectives on theatre adaptation in Ireland, while shedding light on the particular features of the contemporary Irish theatre landscape. Far from being an exhaustive history of theatre adaptation, these articles, using differing methodologies, investigate the many ways in which adaptation has left its imprint on Irish theatre since the 1970s. Appended to this book is a DVD that offers excerpts from a staged reading of Enda Walsh's Pondlife Angels. This DVD also includes the recording of a roundtable discussion, in which two Irish directors express their views on contemporary Irish theatre.
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Presses Interuniversitaires Europeennes Les collections des arts du spectacle et leur
Book SynopsisComment se compose la mémoire du spectacle ? Les bibliothèques et les musées s'attachant à l'entretenir ont parfois du mal à contenir une matière aussi multiforme. Chaque collection a son histoire, chaque institution a dû faire face à diverses difficultés. Dans cette mission, la technologie peut contribuer à approfondir la mémoire du spectacle et à élargir virtuellement à l'infini les espaces qui l'accueillent. Le congrès de la SIBMAS qui s'est tenu à Rome en 2002 témoignait d'une étape dans la réflexion suscitée par l'utilisation des nouvelles technologies dans les bibliothèques et les centres d'archives. Cet ouvrage en présente les communications. How is the memory of a show evoked and brought back to life? Libraries and museums, by focusing on conservation, sometimes struggle to control the many details of the subject matter. Each collection has its own history and each institution has faced a multitude of difficulties. The aim of the papers put forward in this book is to illustrate how technology can help deepen the memory of each show and expand the virtually infinite spaces that keep them. The SIBMAS Congress held in Rome in 2002 represented a step forward in thinking about the use of new technologies in libraries and archives.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Gardzienice: Polish Theatre in Transition
Book SynopsisIn 1977, the Gardzienice Theatre Association, an experimental theatre company was founded in a tiny Polish village. By 1992 The Observer was hailing "Brilliant Gardzienice...and orgy of joy, anguish, prayer and lamentation performed in candlelight with hurtling energy and at breakneck speed...Physically reckless, thrillingly well sung...On no account to be missed. " Today the Gardzienice Theatre Association is hailed as Poland's leading theatre group, training Royal Shakespeare Company actors and touring the world. Paul Allain describes and analyses their sung performances, strenuous physical and vocal training, and anthropological fieldwork amongst marginalized European minorities. This is one of the first detailed attempts to assess developments in Polish experimental theatres since 1989. The author questions whether those artists can maintain their vision in the face of Poland's economic difficulties and increased commercialization of the arts.Trade Review"Paul Allain is both an academic and a practitioner. This is a rare combination, and in writing about the Gardzienice Theatre Association he provides a sharp critical analysis with an insider's understanding of what it is to make theatre. As a director, I have been inspired by Gardzienice and welcome this illuminating account of their work. I am sure this book will inspire many others.""Allain successfully evokes the intensity of these producitons....[A] well-researched and authoritatively written study of a fascinating theatrical phenomenon.""A much needed in-depth study of one of the world's most important experimental and community-based performance groups. Allain situates Gardzienice both as part of Poland and as part of world theatre. Even as he tells Gardzienice's history and practices, he relates the work to contemporary performance theory and the intercultural performance movement."Table of ContentsIntroduction to the SeriesList of PlatesAcknowledgementsIntroduction 1. Polish Theatre - Romanticism Fades 2. The Rural Context and Gardzienice Village 3. Polish Society - The Art of Gathering 4. The Formation of Gardzienice - From Grotowski and Paratheatre 5. Training 6. Performances 7. European Parallels - Future Models 8. An Intercultural Assessment 9. Searching for a New Language ConclusionPostscriptAppendix: Polishing up on our ClassicsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd What's So Funny?: Sketches from My Life
Book SynopsisIllustrated by Lotte Goslar herself, this extraordinary book provides, through her vivid sketch-like texts, a moving and humorous account of her life during a traumatic period in world history. Her acute observations of daily human foibles and vanities are interspersed with her interactions with major figures (Palucca, Voskovec and Werich, Brecht, Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester, Hans Sahl, and Marilyn Monroe), revealing to the reader the world of a great artist in movement and mime.What's So Funny? includes texts by Horst Koegler, Voskovec and Werich, Joel Schechter, and Bertolt Brecht.Trade Review"Her name is Goslar, but she was born in Dresden. She wanted to become a dancer and studied with Palucca, but she became a mime and a clown and created for herself her own form that she called 'Pantomime Circus'. Clive Barnes, until recently the all-powerful critic of The New York Times, took the easy way out and called her simply 'divine'." -- Horst KoeglerTable of ContentsChapter 1 How Sweet It Is; Chapter 2 First Memories; Chapter 3 Palucca; Chapter 4 So Much Luck (I); Chapter 5 The Disgruntled; Chapter 6 Up and Out; Chapter 7 The Peppermill Theater; Chapter 8 The Liberated Theater; Chapter 9 The Dancing Clown, Voskovec, Werich; Chapter 10 The Fortune Teller; Chapter 11 Off to America; Chapter 12 A Propos Aging; Chapter 13 So Much Luck (II); Chapter 14 On Tour: Road Signs; Chapter 15 To The Rescue; Chapter 16 A New World; Chapter 17 The Turnabout Theater; Chapter 18 My Film Career; Chapter 19 Cats I’ve Met; Chapter 20 The Dancing Hausfrau; Chapter 21 Lotte Goslar’s Circus Scene, Joel Schechter; Chapter 22 TV; Chapter 23 Magic; Chapter 24 Not So Magic; Chapter 25 A New Experience; Chapter 26 Marilyn; Chapter 27 A Large Landscape; Chapter 28 What’s So Funny?;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Moving Notation
Book SynopsisDesigned specifically for university-level study, Moving Notation will benefit students and teachers of both dance and music, offering a complete introduction to the theory and practice of musical rhythm and elementary Labanotation. Performing Arts Studies aims to provide stimulating resource books of both a practical and philosophical nature for teachers and students of the performing arts: music, dance, theatre, film, radio, video, oral poetry, performance art, and multi-media forms.Table of ContentsIntroduction, 1 GETTING STARTED 2 GETTING ORGANIZED 3 FIRST EXPANSIONS 4 APPROACHING PERFECTION 5 2s and 3s 6 UPSETTING THE BALANCE 7 CHANGING TIMES 8 CONCLUSIONS
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Gordon and Breach Plautus in Performance: The Theatre of the Mind
Book SynopsisPlautus was Ancient Rome's greatest comic playwright, Shakespeare drew heavily on his plots, and his legacy is prevalent throughout modern drama. In this expanded edition of his successful book, one of America's foremost Classical scholars introduces performance criticism to the study of Plautus' ancient drama. In addition to the original detailed studies of six of the dramatists's plays, the methodology of performance criticism, the use of conventions, and the nature of comic heroism in Plautus, this edition includes new studies on:* the induction into the world of the play* the scripted imitation of improvisation* Plautus's comments on his previous work* the nature of 'tragicomedy'.
£96.00
Gordon and Breach The Simpleton
Book SynopsisFirst Published in 2000. The Simpleton, which was written in 1968 and could not be performed for political reasons, saw the light of day only in 1994. Its complex games of power and identity, played out among a group of actors, remain entirely contemporary today. Set in a theatre, The Simpleton, in the age-old tradition of Russian drama, tackles the timeless problems of personal freedom and inner independence. It is anything but a simple play with its complicated chameleon-like nature new levels of reality continually moving in to push their predecessors out of the way. The mystification begins at the outset with the future arsonist, the Fop, prowling through the gall grumbling about the presence of spectators... The Simpleton is unlike anything else that was being written in the Soviet Union at the time and aside from its searing thematic content, it is astonishingly inventive in its theatricality.
£120.00
Gordon and Breach Your Murderer
Book SynopsisFrom Russia comes this ironic, satirical, multi-layered, modern pop-art parable by Vassily Aksyonov. Your Murderer is a richly grotesque hodgepodge of different linguistic levels that defies all rules and mixes a powerful cocktail out of traditional slogans, invented obscentities, foreign words and phrases, terminology from sports and heavy drinking, and pure nonsense. Daniel Gerould is Lucille Lortel Distinguished Professor of Theater and Comparative Literature at the City University of New York. He is the Editor of Slavic and East European Performance and of harwood academic publishers's Polish and East European Theater Archive series. Your Murderer comes from Russia and is an ironic, satirical, multi-layered, modern pop-art parable - richly grotesque and on different linguistic levels. that defies all rules, mixing a powerful cocktail out of traditional slogans, invented obscentities, foreign words and phrases, terminology from sports and heavy drinking, and pure nonsense.
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Gordon and Breach Performer Training: Developments Across Cultures
Book SynopsisPerformer Training is an examination of how actors are trained in different cultures. Beginning with studies of mainstream training in countries such as Poland, Australia, Germany, and the United States, subsequent studies survey: Some of Asia's traditional training methods and recent experiments in performer training Eugenio Barba's training methods Jerzy Grotowski's most recent investigations The Japanese American NOHO companies attempts at integrating Kyogen into the works of Samuel Beckett Descriptions of the training methods developed by Tadashi Suzuki and Anne Bogart at their Saratoga International Theatre Institute Recent efforts to re-examine the role and scope of training, like Britain's International Workshop Festival and the European League of Institutes of Arts masterclasses The reformulation of the use of emotions in performer training known as Alba Emoting.
£120.00
Onomatopee Ad Van Rosmalen: A Rosa Poetica
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Amsterdam University Press Mapping Intermediality in Performance
Book SynopsisThis volume examines afresh the impact upon acting and performance of digital technologies. It is concerned with how digital culture combines the traditional ‘liveness’ of theatre with media interfaces and internet protocols. The time and space of the ‘here and now’ are both challenged and adapted, just as barriers between theatre-makers and the ‘experiencers’ of events are broken down. Today many of us are everyday players performing the interconnectedness of digital culture and a key aim of the book is to unpack the multiple interrelations within the landscape of contemporary performance. Access to a range of ‘instances’ (The Builders Association, Castellucci, Castorf, Gob Squad, Lepage, Second Life and VJing) is through ‘portals’ which afford perspectives on the main characteristics of theatre and performance in the digital age.Trade Review"Bold, incisive and engaging, Mapping Intermediality in Performance goes further than any book to date in tracing the nuanced interrelationships and metamorphic interplays between digital media and the performance arts. It provides the reader with authoritative overviews of key ideas and performances, opens up fascinating new trajectories of thought, and fuses theory and practice with explosive effect. A magnificent achievement that is likely to set critical agendas in the field for many years to come." - Steve Dixon, Professor of Digital Performance, Brunel University "Reading this book is like surfing the web: it not only maps intermediality in performance - it exemplifies it." - Philip Auslander, Professor, School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Georgia Institute of TechnologyTable of ContentsContents - 6 How to Approach This Book - 10 Introduction: Prospective Mapping and Network of Terms - 14 Portal: Performativity and Corporeal Literacy - 28 Node: Modes of Experience - 46 Instances - 50 Portal: Time and Space - 84 Node: Dimensions - 98 Instances - 102 Portal: Digital Culture and Posthumanism - 124 Node: Actuality-Virtuality - 142 Instances - 144 Portal: Networking - 172 Node: Inter-relations - 186 Instances - 192 Portal: Pedagogic Praxis - 218 Retrospection: The Pre- and Proto-digital - 238 Notes - 260 Cited Works - 268 Contributors - 284 Index - 294
£42.70
Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis The Theatre of Drottningholm - Then and Now:
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£23.75
Tulika Books The Radical Impulse – Music in the Tradition of
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors Theatre in Ancient India
Book SynopsisThis volume contains Siddheswar Chattopadhyay's selected essays on Ancient Indian Theatre. The essays include, Mat_rgupta: A Forgotten Author on Indian Dramaturgy'; The Hero in the Mudrarak`sasa'; A Note on Anthopak`sepaka'; The Theory of Alienation Effect and Sanskrit Dramaturgy'; The Actor and Aesthetic Experience'; Pusta and Ancient Indian Theatre.
£30.39
Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Footprints and other plays
Book SynopsisVijay Pakadi's plays from 1986-2002 blend form with content, emphasizing human spirit and questioning norms. Influenced by field experiences, his works start as case studies, offering alternative perspectives. "Footprints" challenges human existence as Nature's error, impacting the earth.
£17.09
Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Mandap and other plays
Book SynopsisThe plays in this Volume by Vijay Padaki address human rights and social justice in rural and urban settings, highlighting the impact of violence on development. The collection includes works from his involvement in social development programs and later focuses on urban developmental issues, with a common theme of changing value systems.
£17.09
Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Salt Licks and other plays
Book SynopsisIndian communities maintain Western orientation. Plays in Volume 6 explore this theme. Characters reflect on East-West dichotomy. Bangalore society fixated on British Raj. Youth pursue American Dream through education. Collection features Vijay Padaki's early plays set in '70s-'90s.
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Motilal Banarsidass, Thirteen Plays of Bhasa: (2 Vols. Bound in One)
Book SynopsisTranslation of 13 Sanskrit plays discovered in South India by Pandit Ganapati Sastri, edited in Trivandrum Sanskrit Series. Plays attributed to Bhasa, translated by two scholars, first published in 1930. Reprint due to scholar demand.
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Leuven University Press ReImagining Class
Book SynopsisUnique cross-cultural and multimedial approach to class identity and precarity in literature, theatre, and filmContemporary culture not merely reflects ongoing societal transformations, it shapes our understanding of rapidly evolving class realities. Literature, theatre, and film urge us to put the question of class back on the agenda, and reconceptualize it through the lens of precarity and intersectionality. Relying on examples from British, French, Spanish, German, American, Swedish and Taiwanese culture, the contributors to this book document a variety of aesthetic strategies in an interdisciplinary dialogue with sociology and political theory. Doing so, this volume demonstrates the myriad ways in which culture opens up new pathways to imagine and re-imagine class as an economic relation, an identity category, and a subjective experience. Situated firmly within current debates about the impact of social mobility, precarious work, intersectional structures of exploitation, and interspecies vulnerability, this volume offers a wide-ranging panorama of contemporary class imaginaries.Contributors: Magnus Nilsson (Malmö University), Christian Claesson (Lund University), Christoph Schaub (University of Vechta), Olaf Berwald (Middle Tennessee State University), Valeria Pulignano (KU Leuven), Lander Vermeerbergen (Radboud University), Markieta Domecka (KU Leuven) Deborah Dean (Warwick University), Sula Textor (Potsdam University), Irene Husser (University of Tübingen), Katrin Becker (University of Siegen), Marissia Fragkou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Sarah Pogoda (Bangor University), Daniel Brookes (University of Worcester), Tim Christiaens (Tilburg University), Joeri Verbesselt (KU Leuven), Syaman Rapongan (writer).Ebook available in Open Access. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
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Amsterdam University Press The Problem of Theatrical Autonomy: Analysing
Book SynopsisAs any devoted theatregoer will attest, watching a performance is a unique experience, as the social setting, rules, and standards of theatre often combine to create a feeling of liberation from the everyday world. This book explores the phenomenon of theatre as simultaneously distinct from and yet connected to society as a whole. Combining theoretical reflections with materials from European case studies, the authors offer intriguing new methods for the sociological study of theatre while contributing equally to theatre and performance studies.Trade Review"[This book] opens up an interesting and necessary debate in theatre analysis. It is arguable whether theatrical autonomy, being a concept that is almost impossible to define without a certain amount of reductionism, can be the key concept in further research on theatre sociology, but precisely the research of concrete cases will answer this question. It is therefore a valuable book that will help any researcher or student rethink his or her methodological approach." - Ga¿per Troha, Amfiteater, Journal of Performing Arts Theory Vol. 5, no. 2Table of ContentsIntroduction Ch. 1: How can we define autonomy? 1.1. The formula 1.2. The development and nature of specific capital 1.3. Actions of agents in theatre fields: Position-taking 1.4. Agents in theatre fields 1.5. Is theatre different? 1.6. Conclusion Ch. 2: The concept of artistic autonomy 2.1. The functional perspective on art 2.2. Dickie, Danto, and Becker: Art as an institution 2.3. Actor-Network Theory's critique of field theory 2.4. Boltanski and Thévenot: Art and value regimes 2.5. Conclusion Ch. 3: Autonomy in the contemporary theatre 3.1. Two forms of the argument against theatrical autonomy 3.2. Postdramatic and immersive theatre 3.3. Verbatim and documentary theatre 3.4. Applied and community theatre 3.5. Commercial theatre and stand-up comedy 3.6. Conclusion Ch. 4: How agents in theatre fields make use of claims to autonomy 4.1. How claims to autonomy influence the shape of the theatre field 4.2. Things that autonomy allows agents to do 4.3. Conclusion Ch. 5: How theatre organization shapes claims to autonomy 5.1. Funding systems 5.2. Training 5.3. The relation between production and distribution 5.4. Internationalization 5.5. The relation between national and regional subsidy 5.6. Conclusion Ch. 6: How claims to autonomy serve those outside theatre fields 6.1. Moral betterment and education 6.2. Issues of self-representation 6.3. Economic development 6.4. Social inclusion 6.5. Conclusion Conclusion References
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Amsterdam University Press Dramaturgy: An Introduction
Book SynopsisThe image of the dramaturg resembling a stuffy librarian, as opposed to the largely intuitive process of theatre making, belongs to the past. Contemporary theatre performances not only tell a story, but constantly reflect on the world in which that story takes place and is shown. As a result, dramaturgy has become part of the artistic process. Thus everybody involved in a theatre production is concerned with dramaturgical thinking, i.e. how to relate to material, process, audience and society. The dramaturg crosses borders between theory and practice, between theatre makers, performance and audience. 'Dramaturgy. An Introduction' provides a broad overview of the concept of dramaturgy and the profession of the dramaturg. It is intended for students and teachers of theatre and performance studies, but also for directors, scenographers, actors and for all lovers of theatre.Trade Review'It’s by far the best book on dramaturgy I have ever seen.' Bryan Reynolds, Chancellor’s Professor / Claire Trevor Professor, University of California Irvine 'Authors Cock Dieleman, Ricarda Franzen, Veronika Zangl and Henk Danner are active in dramaturgy practice and education and succeed in sharpening the view of the field in just 180 pages. With clear formulations, nuanced examples and fundamental theories, this Introduction remains entertaining right through to the instructive glossary at the end.' Elisa Seghers in Forum+, vol. 28 no. 1Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. What is dramaturgy? 1.1 Dramaturgy with and without a dramaturg 1.2 The roots of today’s dramaturgy: From Poetics to postdramatic theatre 1.3 Theatre as a process of transformation 1.4 Dramaturgy in the Netherlands and Flanders 1.5 Perspectives on dramaturgy 1.6 Dramaturgy and theatre research 1.7 Dramaturgy within and across disciplines, styles, and genres 2. Material 2.1 Text as material 2.2 Aristotle: Language as medium of imitation (mimesis) 2.3 Theatre landscape until the eighteenth century 2.4 Absolute drama 2.5 Concepts of drama analysis Primary text / Secondary text Story & plot Dramatic characters Monologue Re-definitions of processes of meaning production 2.6 Brecht: Epic theatre 2.7 Metatheatricality 2.8 Theatre of the Absurd 2.9 Textual montage techniques Accumulation as a principle of montage Juxtaposition as a principle of montage Dissipation as a principle of montage 2.10 Material and materiality 2.11 Theatre as a means of exploration 3. Process: From material to performance 3.1 The material and the envisioned performance 3.2 Translational processes in theatre Context – location Context – time Translation for accessibility Starting point: The source Relevance and inspiration Research and interpretation 3.3 Visual aspects of dramaturgy Scenography The space and the audience Writing the space Light The visual experience 3.4 Auditory aspects of dramaturgy Voice A few historical examples of voice in theatre Beyond meaning Accents, dialect, play with language, and sound of voice 4. Audience 4.1 The first spectator 4.2 The position and the role of the audience in the performance: the spectator as/is dramaturg The dramaturg as intermediary between performance and audience 4.3 Audience reach 4.4 Theatre and politics: The heritage of Brecht and Boal 4.5 The auditorium and the stage Site-specific and immersive theatre 4.6 Youth in/and theatre Dutch Theatre for Young Audiences Theatre education for children and youngsters The last spectator Epilogue Glossary Notes Illustration acknowledgements Bibliography Index
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Amsterdam University Press Repertoires of Slavery: Dutch Theater Between
Book SynopsisThrough the lens of a hitherto unstudied repertoire of Dutch abolitionist theatre productions, Repertoires of Slavery prises open the conflicting ideological functions of antislavery discourse within and outside the walls of the theatre and examines the ways in which abolitionist protesters wielded the strife-ridden question of slavery to negotiate the meanings of human rights, subjecthood, and subjection. The book explores how dramatic visions of antislavery provided a site for (re)mediating a white metropolitan—and at times a specifically Dutch—identity. It offers insight into the late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century theatrical modes, tropes, and scenarios of racialised subjection and considers them as materials of the “Dutch cultural archive,” or the Dutch “reservoir” of sentiments, knowledge, fantasies, and beliefs about race and slavery that have shaped the dominant sense of the Dutch self up to the present day.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Table of Content 0. Introduction 1. Dutch Politics, the Slavery-Based Economy, and Theatrical Culture in 1800 2. Suffering Victims: Slavery, Sympathy, and White Self-Glorification 3. Contented Fools: Ridiculing and Re-Commercializing Slavery 4. Black Rebels: Slavery, Human Rights, and the Legitimacy of Resistance 5. Conclusions Bibliography Consulted Archives, Collections, and Databases Literature Appendix
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Kapon Editions A Stage for Dionysos: Theatrical Space and
Book SynopsisIn this collective work scholars from different disciplines discuss the staging of ancient drama in Greece and abroad, as well as the architecture, restoration and use of ancient theatres, in which ancient Greek drama now finds its true "space". 80 color and 83 b/w illus. English and Greek bilingual text.Table of ContentsTHE ANCIENT THEATRE AND ITS VALUES Spyros Mercouris THE SEGESTA DECLARATION 1995 THE GREEK DRAMA IN ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY THEATRE Filippo Amoroso THE GREEK CLASSICS IN CONTEMPORARY SPANISH THEATRE Joseã Monleon ATTIC TRAGEDY IN BULGARIA ENCOUNTERS AND INSIGHTS Cleo Protochristova THE THEATRES OF ANCIENT CYPRUS Vasos Karagiorgis THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE ANCIENT THEATRE Anastasios Portelanos CLASSICAL SOURCES OF RENAISSANCE THEATRE – THEATRICAL ARCHITECTURE AND STAGE-DESIGN IN RENAISSANCE ITALY AND CRETE Jordan Dimacopoulos
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Kapon Editions Scala. Greek Myths and Ancient Drama
Book SynopsisThe relation between tragedy and opera is as old as opera itself. Opera was born out of experiments by Italian scholars of the Renaissance relating to the nature of ancient tragedy and ways in which it could be performed. And many works in the operatic repertoire derive their subject matter from ancient legends. This relationship is described briefly, though with full documentation, in this little volume. English and Italian bilingual text. 109 colour illustrations.Table of ContentsIndice /Contents Il dramma greco antico / Ancient Greek Drama SPYROS MERCOURIS Gli occhi fissi nel mito / Eyes fastened on myth VITTORIA GRESPI MORBIO Opera e Tragedia. Da Euripide a Eschilo / Opera and Tragedy. From Euripides to Aeschylus NIKOS BAKOUNAKIS La Grecia e l’Opera / Greece and Opera HELENA MATHEOPOULOS Medea-Callas / Medea-Callas NIKOS BAKOUNAKIS Fonti e illustrazioni / Sources of Illustration
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Kapon Editions Panorama Ellinon Ithopoion Kai Simantikon
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The Chinese University Press Snow in August: Play by Gao Xingjian
Book SynopsisFrom Gao Xingjian, a winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature, comes a "major drama about life.Snow in August blends Eastern and Western cultures. In form, there are elements of Shakespearean and Greek tragedy, but in spirit, it embodies a uniquely Eastern sensibility."―Gao XingjianSnow in August is based on the life of Huineng (AD 633-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism in Tang Dynasty China. Packed with the myriad sights and sounds of both the Eastern and Western theatrical traditions, the play exudes wonder and mysticism. The many koan cases and the story of Huineng's enlightenment afford the audience fascinating vignettes of Gao's vision of life and existence ¢w an awareness of the Void and the need for a personal peace with oneself.Trade ReviewMy aim is to create a new and contemporary musical theatre based on the foundations of Eastern traditional drama, an omnipotent theatre of singing, movement, dialogue, and the martial arts." — Gao Xingjian"Snow in August comes close to being Gao Xingjian's ideal theatre." —Gilbert C. F. Fong"A welcome addition to the growing body of Gao's works available in English." —Alexander Huang, Asian Theatre Journal
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Central European University Press Subversive Stages: Theater in Pre- and
Book SynopsisExploring theater practices in communist and post-communist Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, this book analyzes intertextuality or "inter-theatricality" as a political strategy, designed to criticize contemporary political conditions while at the same time trying to circumvent censorship. In the Soviet bloc the theater of the absurd, experimentation, irony, and intertextual distancing (estrangement) were much more than mere aesthetic language games, but were planned political strategies that used indirection to say what could not be said directly. Plays by Romanian, Hungarian and Bulgarian dramatists are examined, who are "retrofitting" the past by adapting the political crimes and horrifying tactics of totalitarianism to the classical theatre (with Shakespeare a favorite) to reveal the region's traumatic history. By the sustained analysis of the aesthetic devices used as political tools, Orlich makes a very strong case for the continued relevance of the theater as one of the subtlest media in the public sphere. She embeds her close readings in a thorough historical analysis and displays a profound knowledge of the political role of theater history.Table of ContentsCONTENT Foreword: The Ghosts of History Redux: Intertextuality, Rewriting, Adaptation by Jozefina Komporaly Part 1 THE RUSSIAN AND FRENCH MASTERS I. The Political Ghosts and Ideological Phantasms of Nic Ularu’s The Cherry Orchard, A Sequel II. Adapting Molière and Jules Verne to Soviet Censorship: The Alchemical Politics of Bulgakov’s A Cabal of Hypocrites and The Crimson Island III. György Spiró’s The Impostor: Rethinking Molière’s Tartuffe for Communist Hungary Part 2 SHAKESPEARE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IV. Stalinist “Traitors” and “Saboteurs”: Matéi Vișniec’s Richard III Will Not Take Place or Scenes from the Life of Meyerhold V. Staging Hamlet as Political No Exit in Géza Bereményi’s Halmi VI. Nedyalko Yordanov’s The Murder of Gonzago: Reading Bulgaria’s Communist Political Culture through Shakespeare’s Hamlet Part 3 INSERTING GOD INTO POLITICS VII. Specters of State Power, History, and Politics of the Stage: Vlad Zografi’s Peter or The Sun Spots VIII. Inserting God into the Communist Personality Cult: Stefan Tsanev’s The Other Death of Joan of Arc
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University of the West Indies Press Jamaican Theatre: Highlights of the Performing
Book SynopsisThe late Wycliffe Bennett (1922–2009), widely regarded as the godfather of the Jamaican theatre in the second half of the twentieth century, brings all his experience and insight to this last, formidable production. Wycliffe Bennett saw almost every theatrical production of note in this period, directed some productions himself, and, in addition, worked as a manager and trainer in speech, radio and television. His wife, Hazel, co-author of this liberally illustrated work, adds her skills as documentalist and witness. Together, the Bennetts have produced the first book of its kind, a panorama of performance, from the imported touring companies and fledgling local elitist groups of the 1920s and 1930s, to the birth of the Little Theatre Movement during the war years; from the small, ambitious groups of the 1950s and 1960s to the thriving commercial “roots theatre” of the new century. The book also chronicles the development of drama on radio and television, and Jamaica’s small but important film industry. In extensively documenting and analysing dance, it considers modern foundation groups like Ivy Baxter and the National Dance Theatre Company, as well as their precursors and myriad offspring. A pioneer of the Jamaica Festival movement, Wycliffe Bennett describes it from the inside, culminating with eyewitness accounts of the spectacular Caribbean Festival of the Arts, Carifesta ’76, over which he presided. As well, the authors treat music in all its variety, from classical through the Frats Quintet to reggae. There are also sections by experts in their fields: Yvonne Jones Brewster writes on Theatre 77 and Barn Theatre; Dr Maria Smith examines Revival; Barbara Requa discusses dance techniques; and Mary Brathwaite Morgan considers the golden age of drama at the University of the West Indies. To complete this panoptic view of the performing arts, there is an A to Z of the scores of outstanding personages in the different fields.
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NUS Press Tall Tree, Nest of the Wind: The Javanese
Book SynopsisJavanese shadow puppetry is a sophisticated dramatic form, often felt to be at the heart of Javanese culture, drawing on classic texts but with important contemporary resonance in fields like religion and politics. How to make sense of the shadow-play as a form of world-making? In Tall Tree, Nest of the Wind, Bernard Arps explores this question by considering an all-night performance of Dewa Ruci, a key play in the repertoire. Thrilling and profound, Dewa Ruci describes the mighty Bratasena’s quest for the ultimate mystical insight.The book presents the Dewa Ruci as rendered by the distinguished master puppeteer Ki Anom Soeroto in Amsterdam in 1987. The book’s unusual design presents the performance texts together with descriptions of the sounds and images that would remain obscure in conventional formats of presentation. Copious annotations probe beneath the surface and provide an understanding of the performance as a highly sophisticated and multi-layered creation. These annotations explain the meanings of puppet action, music, and shifts in language; how the puppeteer wove together into the drama the circumstances of the performance in Amsterdam, Islamic and other religious ideas, and references to contemporary Indonesian politics. Also revealed is the performance’s historical multilayering and the picture it paints of the Javanese past. Tall Tree, Nest of the Wind not only presents an unrivalled insight into the artistic depth of wayang kulit, it exemplifies a new field of study, the philology of performance.Trade Review"This voluminous and meticulously crafted book is different from the currently 'normal' books in the Indonesian Studies that are often revised versions of PhD theses. Rather, it represents the result of almost thirty years of work [...] Annotations and appendices make up the remaining roughly 200 pages. It is these annotations, together with the Introduction, that make the book so valuable, as they contain in-depth explanations and references to the rich body of scholarly knowledge of Javanese philology. [...] In other words, Tall Tree, Nest of the Wind might represent an example of a sub-field of Indonesian studies that is increasingly rare. — Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ZDMG)
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Hong Kong University Press Staging Revolution – Artistry and Aesthetics in
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Hong Kong University Press Kunqu: A Classical Opera of Twenty-First-Century
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NUS Press Javanese Performances on an Indonesian Stage:
Book SynopsisDuring the dramatic economic and social transformation of late twentieth-century Indonesia, theatre performances in Central Java featured a familiar cast of rulers, nobles, clown servants and ordinary people. However, these presentations were not a repetition of age-old cultural 'traditions'. Instead, by stretching the framework of Javanese theatrical convention, theatre troupes challenged dominant cultural and political values. As political pressures intensified in the final months of the New Order regime, their witty, critical performances drew enthusiastic, oppositionist crowds.The dismantling of repressive state control after the fall of Suharto in 1998 diminished interest in political critiques from the stage, and growing economic weakness caused patronage and sponsorship to dry up. By 2003-04, however, a revival was underway as performers engaged with the politics of regional autonomy and democratisation, and actors responded to the devastating Yogyakarta earthquake of 2006 by staging shows in the worst-affected areas to help sustain community spirit and pride in local culture.Barbara Hatley's account of more than thirty years of theatre activities and social change shows how performers and audiences have adapted, resisted, incorporated and survived. As Indonesian society evolves, Javanese performances continue to engage with ever-changing social contexts, expressing the dynamic resilience and sense of identity of those who stage and watch them.
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Independently Published He Never Did Anything Twice: Deconstructing
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Independently Published Idiots, Heathers, and Squips: The New Golden Age
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State University of New York Press Hunting for Justice
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State University of New York Press The Tourists Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City
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State University of New York Press The Rediscovery of George Nash Walker
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