Theater of war and exile : twelve playwrights, directors and performers from Eastern Europe and Israel / Domnica Radulescu ; foreword by Maya E. Roth.
2015
809.8947 R132t 2015
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Title
Theater of war and exile : twelve playwrights, directors and performers from Eastern Europe and Israel / Domnica Radulescu ; foreword by Maya E. Roth.
Author
ISBN
9780786473120 (softcover ; alk. paper)
0786473126 (softcover ; alk. paper)
9781476619194 (ebook)
0786473126 (softcover ; alk. paper)
9781476619194 (ebook)
Published
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.
Language
English
Description
x, 246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Other Standard Identifiers
40025044711
Call Number
809.8947 R132t 2015
System Control No.
(OCoLC)892463173
(OCoLC)892463173
(OCoLC)892463173
Summary
In what ways does political trauma influence the art arising from it? Is there an aesthetic of war and exile in theatrical works that emerge from such experiences? Are there cultural markers defining such works from areas like Eastern Europe and Israel? This book considers these questions in an examination of plays, performances and theater artists that speak from a place of political violence and displacement. The author's critical inquiry covers a variety of theatrical experimentations, including Brechtian distancing, black humor, pastiche, surreal and hyper-real imagery, reversed chronologies and disrupted narratives. Drawing on postmodern theories and performance studies as well as interviews and personal statements from the artists discussed, this study explores the transformative power of the theater arts and their function as catalysts for social change, healing and remembrance. -- from back cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Foreword / Maya E. Roth
Introduction: Defining an aesthetic of war and exile
One: Exile as ontological mutation : theater and performance about post-Communist regions. Aglaja Veteranyi : the tragi-comedy of Nomadism ; Saviana Stanescu : Balkan roots, western wings ; Pavel Zus̆tiak : all movements, no words ; Exile is my home : personal testimonies on creativity and exile ; Radmila Adamová : Eastern Europe meets Indochina ; Dorota Maslowska : nomadism on drugs
Two: Theater of war and genocide, and theater dystopias. Matei Vişniec : consciousness raising through theater ; Biljana Srbljanović : postwar dystopias ; Milena Markovic : grand guignol horror and dystopia ; Motti Lerner : playwiring as resistance to war
Three: Performance as memory keeper and promoter of peace. Noa Baum : storytelling as a way of understanding the "other" ; Marcy Arlin and the immigrants theater project : celebrating diversity ; DAH theater group : performance as promoter of peace and repository of memory
Conclusion: Theater as survival.
Introduction: Defining an aesthetic of war and exile
One: Exile as ontological mutation : theater and performance about post-Communist regions. Aglaja Veteranyi : the tragi-comedy of Nomadism ; Saviana Stanescu : Balkan roots, western wings ; Pavel Zus̆tiak : all movements, no words ; Exile is my home : personal testimonies on creativity and exile ; Radmila Adamová : Eastern Europe meets Indochina ; Dorota Maslowska : nomadism on drugs
Two: Theater of war and genocide, and theater dystopias. Matei Vişniec : consciousness raising through theater ; Biljana Srbljanović : postwar dystopias ; Milena Markovic : grand guignol horror and dystopia ; Motti Lerner : playwiring as resistance to war
Three: Performance as memory keeper and promoter of peace. Noa Baum : storytelling as a way of understanding the "other" ; Marcy Arlin and the immigrants theater project : celebrating diversity ; DAH theater group : performance as promoter of peace and repository of memory
Conclusion: Theater as survival.
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