{"product_id":"dionysus-resurrected-9781405175784","title":"Dionysus Resurrected","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDionysus Resurrected\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the global resurgence since the late 1960s of Euripides' \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e. By analyzing and contextualizing these modern day performances, the author reveals striking parallels between transformational events taking place during the era of the play's revival and events within the play itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePuts forward a lively discussion of the parallels between transformational eventsduring the era of the play's revival and events within the play itself\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first comparative study to analyse and contextualize performances of \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e that took place between 1968 and 2009 from the United States, Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that presentations of the play not only represent liminal states but also transfer the spectators into such states\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContends that the play's reflection on various stages of globalization render the tragedy a contemporary play\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEstablishes the importance of \u003ci\u003eThe B\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e–Rediscovering \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Festivals of Liberation: Celebrating Communality 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The Birth Ritual of a New Theatre 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– Richard Schechner’s \u003ci\u003eDionysus in\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e69 \u003c\/i\u003ein New York (1968) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Celebrating a Communion Rite? 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– Wole Soyinka’s \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae of Euripides \u003c\/i\u003eat London’s National Theatre (1973) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: \u003ci\u003eSparagmos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOmophagia\u003c\/i\u003e 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– Teat(r)o Oficina’s \u003ci\u003eBacantes\u003c\/i\u003e in São Paulo (1996) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Renegotiating Cultural Identities 91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: On the Strangeness and Inaccessibility of the Past 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– The Antiquity Project at the Schaubühne Berlin (1974) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Performing or Contaminating Greekness? 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– Theodoros Terzopoulos’ \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e in Delphi (1986) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: In Search of New Identities 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– Krzysztof Warlikowski’s \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBacchae \u003c\/i\u003ein Warsaw (2001) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Productive Encounter or Destructive Clash of Cultures? 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Dismemberment and the Quest for Wholeness 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– Suzuki Tadashi’s \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBacchae\u003c\/i\u003e in Japan and on World Tour (1978–2008) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Transforming Kathakali 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBacchae\u003c\/i\u003e by Guru Sadanam P. V. Balakrishnan in Delphi and New Delhi (1998) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Beijing Opera Dismembered 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– Peter Steadman and Chen Shi-zheng’s \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae \u003c\/i\u003ein Beijing (1996) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 236\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407905988951,"sku":"9781405175784","price":63.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405175784.jpg?v=1730500917","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dionysus-resurrected-9781405175784","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}