Description
Book SynopsisBringing together a range of perspectives to examine the full impact of political, socio-economic or psychological experiences of exile, Performing Exile: Foreign Bodies presents an inclusive mix of voices from varied cultural and geographic affiliations. The collected essays in this book focus on live performances that were inspired by living in exile. Chapters blend close critical analysis and ethnography to document and interrogate performances and the contexts that inform them.
In a world where exiled populations continue to grow, the role of art to document and engage with these experiences will continue to be essential, and this diverse book offers an important model for understanding the rich body of work being created today.
A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, Performing Exile. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License and is part of Knowledge Unlatched.
Trade ReviewAnyone interested in exilic performance will be enriched, educated and entertained. [...] This manuscript makes a significant contribution to the scholarship on immigrant, multicultural and exilic performance.
-- Cynthia Ashperger, School of Performance, Ryerson University
Table of ContentsI. Introduction
II. A Theoretical Primer on Exile: On the Paradigms of Banishment, Displacement, and Free Choice
III. The Essays
Chapter 1: Theatre, Reconciliation, and the American Dream in Greater Cuba
Chapter 2: Three Angry Australians: A Reflexive Approach
Chapter 3: Exilic Solo Performances: Staging Body in a Movement/Logos Continuum
Chapter 4: Foreign Bodies in the Performance Art of Jorge Rojas: Cultural Encounters from Ritual to Satire
Chapter 5: Lingering Cultural Memory and Hyphenated Exile
Chapter 6: Carrying My Grandmother’s Drum: Dancing the Home Within
Chapter 7: Blood Red: Rebecca Belmore’s Vigil of Exile
Chapter 8: Yaffa Mish Yaffa (Yaffa Is No Longer Yaffa) From Diaspora to Homeland: Returning to Yaffa by Boat
Chapter 9: Belonging and Absence: Resisting the Division
Chapter 10: Caryatid Unplugged: A Cabaret on Performing and Negotiating Belonging and Otherness in Exile
Chapter 11: Exile Builds Performance: A Critical Analysis of Performing Satirical Images across Cultures through Media
Chapter 12: Resignifying Multilingualism in Accented Canadian Theatre
