Overview

When a nation wants to reconnect with a sense of national identity, its cultural celebrations, including its theatre, are often tinged with nostalgia for a cultural high point in its history. Leaders often try to create a ""neo-classical"" cultural identity. Artificially returning to an imagined pinnacle, however, can fail to take into account new aspects of national identity, such as the infusion of other cultures and languages. This collection of essays discusses the relationship between political power and the construction or subversion of cultural identity.

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Author:   Kiki Gounaridou
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.331kg
ISBN:  

9780786422043

ISBN 10:   0786422041
Pages:   243
Publication Date:   19 May 2005
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Theatre and Nationalism: Introductory Remarks and Acknowledgments      Reconstructing the Nation: Conflicting Cultural Imaginaries in Eighteenth-Century Poland      Celebrating the Revolution While the King Is Still on the Throne: The Fall of the Bastille and the Festival of Federation (July 1790)      Athenian Prologue to an American Theatre      Herder and European Theatre      Historical Avant-Garde Performance and Japanese Nationalism      Remembering and Forgetting: Greek Tragedy as National History in Postwar Japan      The Critical Absence of Indonesia in W.S. Rendra’s Village      Robert Lepage: Product of Québec?      Staging the Nation on the Ruins of the Past: An Investigation of Mexican Archeological Performance      The Corpse of Algerian Identity: Achour Ouamara’s La Défunte (The Deceased)      About the Contributors      Index     

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well written...recommended --Choice; Expertly edited...an extremely well-edited and written volume --d104 & Presentation.

well written...recommended --<i>Choice</i>; Expertly edited...an extremely well-edited and written volume --<i>d104 & Presentation.</i>

Author Information

Kiki Gounaridou teaches theatre history and theory in the Department of Theatre at Smith College. She has published articles, books, and reviews on theatre. An award-winning theatre director, she lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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