Overview

Bringing together a range of perspectives to examine the full impact of political, socio-economic, or psychological experiences of exile, Performing Exile presents an inclusive mix of voices from varied cultural and geographic affiliations. The collected essays in this book focus on live performances that were inspired by living in exile. Chapters blend close critical analysis and ethnography to document and interrogate performances and the contexts that inform them.   In a world where exiled populations continue to grow, the role of art to document and engage with these experiences will continue to be essential, and this diverse book offers an important model for understanding the rich body of work being created today. A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License and is part of Knowledge Unlatched.

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Author:   Judith Rudakoff
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.621kg
ISBN:  

9781783208173

ISBN 10:   1783208171
Pages:   215
Publication Date:   01 October 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

I. Introduction    II. A Theoretical Primer on Exile: On the Paradigms of Banishment, Displacement, and Free Choice    III. The Essays Chapter 1: Theatre, Reconciliation, and the American Dream in Greater Cuba    Chapter 2: Three Angry Australians: A Reflexive Approach    Chapter 3: Exilic Solo Performances: Staging Body in a Movement/Logos Continuum   Chapter 4: Foreign Bodies in the Performance Art of Jorge Rojas: Cultural Encounters from Ritual to Satire   Chapter 5: Lingering Cultural Memory and Hyphenated Exile    Chapter 6: Carrying My Grandmother’s Drum: Dancing the Home Within    Chapter 7: Blood Red: Rebecca Belmore’s Vigil of Exile    Chapter 8: Yaffa Mish Yaffa (Yaffa Is No Longer Yaffa) From Diaspora to Homeland: Returning to Yaffa by Boat   Chapter 9: Belonging and Absence: Resisting the Division    Chapter 10: Caryatid Unplugged: A Cabaret on Performing and Negotiating Belonging and Otherness in Exile   Chapter 11: Exile Builds Performance: A Critical Analysis of Performing Satirical Images across Cultures through Media   Chapter 12: Resignifying Multilingualism in Accented Canadian Theatre   

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Anyone interested in exilic performance will be enriched, educated and entertained. [...] This manuscript makes a significant contribution to the scholarship on immigrant, multicultural and exilic performance. -- Cynthia Ashperger, School of Performance, Ryerson University

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Judith Rudakoff is professor of theater at York University in Toronto, Canada.

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