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Author:   D. Hopkins ,  K. Solga
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.746kg
ISBN:  

9781137520258

ISBN 10:   1137520256
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   18 October 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Borders, Performance, and the Global Urban Condition; D.J. Hopkins with Kim Solga PART I: MOBILITIES AND (IN)CIVILITIES: THE GLOBAL URBAN BORDERLANDS 1. The Drama of Hospitality: Performance, Migration and Urban Renewal in Johannesburg; Loren Kruger 2. Performing Survival in the Global City: Theatre ISÔKO's The Monument; Jennifer H. Capraru and Kim Solga 3. Eva / Nacha / Cristina and the Argentine Trinity of Local, National, and Global Urban Politics; Jean Graham-Jones 4. China's Global Performatives: 'Better City, Better Life'; Susan Bennett PART II: TRANSACTING BODIES / EMBODIED CURRENCIES: SUBJECTS AND CITIES 5. Losing Venice: Conversations in a Sinking City; Nicolas Whybrow 6. The Urbanization and Transnational Circulation of the Peruvian Scissors Dance; Jason Bush 7. Commuting Performance ? Working the Middle Ground; Paul Rae and Simon Jones 8. Cultures of Commuting: The Mobile Negotiation of Space and Subjectivity on Delhi's Metro; Melissa Butcher PART III: CITIZEN STAGES: ACTS OF DISSENT IN THE GLOBAL CITY 9. Distrito Federal: 'Global City, Ha, Ha, Ha!'; Ana Martinez 10. Sarajevo: A World City Under Siege; Silvija Jestrovic 11. Cairo: My City, My Revolution; Nesreen Hussein 12. Dramaturgies of Crisis and Performances of Citizenship: Syntagma Square, Athens; Philip Hager Bibliography Index

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... the level of scholarship in Performance and the Global City is consistently high, including further contributions from Melissa Bucher, Philip Hager, Simon Jones and Paul Rae, and the cities covered represent an international cross-section of urban centres. The editors' aim to include a range of perspectives beyond northern North America and centralwestern Europe is commendable. - Melissa Poll, Performance Research

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Susan Bennett, University of Calgary, Canada Jason Bush, Stanford University, USA Melissa Butcher, Open University, UK Jennifer H. Capraru, Theatre Asylum, Canada Jean Graham-Jones, City University of New York, USA. Philip Hager, University of Winchester, UK D. J. Hopkins, San Diego State University, USA Nesreen Hussein, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK Silvija Jestrovic, University of Warwick, UK Simon Jones, University of Bristol, UK Loren Kruger, University of Chicago, USA Loren Kruger, University of Chicago, USA Ana Martínez, City University of New York, USA Paul Rae, National University of Singapore, Singapore Kim Solga, Queen Mary University of London, UK Nicolas Whybrow, University of Warwick, UK

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