Description
Book SynopsisPresents an ethnographic study of the role of theatrical performance in questions regarding immigration, citizenship, and the formation of national identity. Focusing on Paris in the twenty-first century, Emine Fisek analyses the use of theatre by immigrant-rights organisations there and examines the relationship between aesthetic practices and the political personhoods they negotiate.
Trade ReviewThanks to the acute and careful analysis of theater practitioners and the book’s generous contextualizations, Fisek’s study will appeal to scholars and practitioners from a wide community of disciplines, including: French theater studies, applied theater and performance studies, community-based theater practice, migration studies, history, politics, human rights, postcolonial studies, gender studies, and activist arts."" - Clare Finburgh, coeditor of
Contemporary French Theatre and Performance and author of
Jean GenetTable of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Al Assifa and La Kahina on the Paris Stage
- Chapter Two: Prendre la Parole
- Chapter Three: The Integrated Actor
- Chapter Four: Re-thinking Community and Culture
- Chapter Five: Theater without Borders
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Notes
