Theatre, Performance and Commemoration: Staging Crisis, Memory and Nationhood (Cultural Histories of Theatre and Performance)

By: Claire Cochrane and Bruce McConachie

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Synopsis: How does the act of performance speak to the concept of commemoration? How and why does commemorative theatre operate as a conceptual, historical and political site from which to interrogate ideas of nationalism and nationhood? This volume explores how theatre and performance create a stage for acts of commemoration, considering crises of hate, nationalism and migration, as well as political, racial and religious bigotry. It features case studies drawn from across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America. The book's four parts each explore commemoration through a different theoretical lens and present a new set of dramaturgies for research and study. While Section 1 offers a critical survey of 20th- and 21st-century discourses, Section 2 uncovers the commemorative practices underpinning contemporary dramaturgy and applies these practices to plays and performance pieces. These include works by Martin Lynch, Frank McGuinness, Sanja Mitrovic, Theater RAST, Les SlovaKs Dance Collective, Estela Golovchenko, Wajdi Mouawad, Áine Stapleton, CoisCéim, ANU Productions, Aubrey Sekhabi, and Indian and African dance practices. The final sections investigate how individual and collective memory and performances of commemoration can become tools for propaganda and political agendas.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781350306776
Related ISBNs:: 9781350306769
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Publishing
Date of Addition:: 04/19/23
Copyrighted By:: Miriam Haughton, Alinne Balduino P. Fernandes, Pieter Verstraete and contributors
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Miriam Haughton
Edited by:: Alinne Balduino Fernandes
Edited by:: Pieter Verstraete