Imperialism and Theatre

by J. Ellen Gainor (Editor)

Overview

Imperialism is a transnational and transhistorical phenomenon; it occurs neither in limited areas nor at one specific moment. In cultures from across the world theatrical performance has long been a site for both the representation and support of imperialism, and resistance and rebellion against it. Imperialism and Theatre is a groundbreaking collection which explores the questions of why and how the theatre was selected within imperial cultures for the representation of the concerns of both the colonizers and the colonized. Gathering together fifteen noted scholars and theatre practitioners, this collection spans global and historical boundaries and presents a uniquely comprehensive study of post-colonial drama. The essays engage in current theoretical issues while shifting the focus from the printed text to theatre as a cultural formation and locus of political force. A compelling and extremely timely work, Imperialism and Theatre reveals fascinating new dimensions to the post-colonial debate. Contributors: Nora Alter; Sudipto Chatterjee; Mary Karen Dahl; Alan Filewood; Donald H. Frischmann; Rhonda Garelick; Helen Gilbert; Michael Hays; Loren Kruger; Josephine Lee; Robert Eric Livingston; Julie S. Peters; Michael Quinn; Edward Said; Elaine Savory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134844302
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/02/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	284
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

J.Ellen Gainor is an Associate Professor of Theatre Studies at Cornell University. She is the author of Shaw's Daughters: Dramatic and Narrative Constructions of Gender (1991) and has also written on imperialism and colonialism in the drama of George Bernard Shaw and Athol Fugard.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 VIETNAMESE THEATRE OF RESISTANCE, Nora M. Alter; Chapter 2 MISE-EN-(COLONIAL-) SCÈNE[Sudipto Chatterjee; Chapter 3 POSTCOLONIAL BRITISH THEATRE, Mary Karen Dahl; Chapter 4 ERECT SONS AND DUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, Alan Filewod; Chapter 5 CONTEMPORARY MAYAN THEATRE AND ETHNIC CONFLICT, Donald H. Frischmann; Chapter 6 ELECTRIC SALOME, Rhonda K. Garelick; Chapter 7 DRESSED TO KILL, Helen Gilbert; Chapter 8 REPRESENTING EMPIRE, Michael Hays; Chapter 9 “;THAT FLUCTUATING MOVEMENT OF NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS”, Loren Kruger; Chapter 10 LINGUISTIC IMPERIALISM, THE EARLY ABBEY THEATRE, AND THE TRANSLATIONSOF BRIAN FRIEL, Josephine Lee; Chapter 11 DECOLONIZING THE THEATRE, Robert Eric Livington; Chapter 12 INTERCULTURAL PERFORMANCE, THEATRE ANTHROPOLOGY, AND THE IMPERIALIST CRITIQUE, Julie Stone Peters; Chapter 13 SATELLITE DRAMA, Michael Quinn; Chapter 14 ON JEAN GENET'S LATE WORKS, Edward W. Said; Chapter 15 STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL, Elaine Savory; Index;