The politics of interweaving performance cultures : beyond postcolonialism /
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| Imprint: | New York : Routledge, 2014. |
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| Description: | xi, 308 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 33 Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 33. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9914132 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Interweaving Performance Cultures: Re-thinking 'Intercultural Theatre' Towards an Experience and Theory of Performance beyond Postcolonialism
- Part I. Strategies and Dynamics
- 1. Postcolonial Modernity: Theatre in Morocco and the Interweaving Loop
- 2. Cultural Interweaving in Mexican Political Cabaret
- 3. Farewell and Welcome Back, My Concubine: Female Impersonation on the Chinese Stage
- 4. Performing Orientalist, Intercultural and Globalized Modernities: The Case of Les Naufrags du Fol Espoir by the Thtre du Soleil
- Part II. Rituals and Festivals
- 5. Oceanic Imagination, Intercultural Performance, Pacific Historiography
- 6. Dancing for the Dead
- 7. Un/familiar Landscapes: Tragedy and Festivals
- 8. "Let the Games Begin": Pageants, Protests, Indigeneity (1968-2010)
- Part III. Failures and Resistances
- 9. Hauntings of the Intercultural: Enigmas and Lessons on the Borders of Failure
- 10. Strategic Unweaving: It Michio and the Diasporic Dancing Body
- 11. Linguistic and Cultural Interweaving on the Contemporary English and American Stages
- 12. Failed Stages: Postcolonial Public Spheres and the Search for a Caribbean Theatre
- Epilogue: Global Pathways
