Anti-War Theatre After Brecht

Dialectical Aesthetics in the Twenty-First Century

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Examining the ways in which contemporary Western theatre protests against the ‘War on Terror’, this book analyses six twenty-first century plays that respond to the post-9/11 military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-06-28
Mått:148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt:423 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137538871

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Dr Lara Stevens was the 2014 Hugh Williamson Postdoctoral Fellow in the Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is the editor and translator of a collection of essays on performance by feminist philosopher and playwright Hélène Cixous, Politics, Ethics and Performance: Hélène Cixous and the Théâtre du Soleil.

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“Stevens’s Anti-War Theatre after Brecht is an insightful study which investigates anti-war theatre from a new angle through its Brechtian framework. Especially for those interested in Brechtian aesthetics, contemporary political theatre and its attempts at offering counter-discourses and imagining alternative spaces, it represents a valuable contribution to these ongoing debates.” (Anja Hartl, Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, Vol. 6 (04), November, 2018)

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction.- Chapter 1. Performing the ‘War on Terror’.- Chapter 2. From Epic to Dialectical Theatre.- Chapter 3. Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul and Only We Who Guard the Mystery Shall be Unhappy.- Chapter 4. The Théâtre du Soleil’s Le Dernier Caravansérail.- Chapter 5. Caryl Churchill’s Iraq.doc and Seven Jewish Children: A Play For Gaza.- Chapter 6. Elfriede Jelinek’s Bambiland.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.