Overview
The Brecht Yearbook, published by Camden House on behalf of the International Brecht Society, is the central scholarly forum for the study of Brecht's life and work and of topics relevant to him. Volume 49 features the proceedings of the 17th IBS Symposium, which took place at the universities of Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem in December 2022 under the motto ""Bertolt Brecht in Dark Times: Racism, Political Oppression, and Dictatorship."" It contains three thematic sections: ""Brecht's Work in Israeli and Palestinian Contexts,"" ""Brecht and Becoming, Futurity, and Thanatopolitics,"" and ""(Anti-) Heroism and Resistance in Dark Times."" The contributions discuss artists and theater companies who have engaged with Brecht's work or can be associated with it under these thematic aspects, including David Avidan, the Habima National Theater, Jindřich Honzl, the Jenin Freedom Theater, Ghassan Kanafani, Tetsuo Kogawa, Yosef Milo, Omri Nitzan, Manuel Chaves Nogales, the Ohel Theater, the Prague Liberated Theater, Samìh al-Qāsim, Johan Taub, Jiři Voskovec, Günther Weisenborn, Jan Werich, and Arnold Zweig. Contributors are Fanti Baum, Micha Braun, Bettina Christner, Manuel Clancett, Amir Farjoun, Leon Gabriel, Torben Ibs, Gad Kaynar-Kissinger, Ferdinand Klüsener, Jan Kühne, Joachim Lucchesi, Nikolaus Müller-Schöll, Riki Ophir, Avraham Oz, Rebecca Rovit, Julia Schade, and Florian Vaßen. Book Reviews edited by Lydia J. White. Reviewers: Stephen Brockmann, Ann M. Fox, Hasibe Kalkan, Sabine Kebir, Yu Wei Jie, and Gregor Schwering.
Full Product Details
Author: Professor Markus Wessendorf (Customer) ,
Ira Avneri ,
Micha Braun ,
Professor Emeritus Gad Kaynar-Kissinger
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint: Camden House Inc
Edition: Paperback original
ISBN: 9781640141865
ISBN 10: 1640141863
Pages: 348
Publication Date: 19 November 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
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Author Information
MARKUS WESSENDORF is a Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa in Honolulu. IRA AVNERI is is Professor of Theater Studies at Tel Aviv University. MICHA BRAUN is a theater scholar and research manager at the University of Leipzig. GAD KAYNAR-KISSINGER is a retired Associate Professor and former Chair of the Theater Department at Tel Aviv University. FREDDIE ROKEM is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Theatre at Tel Aviv University. MICHA BRAUN is a theater scholar and research manager at the University of Leipzig. GAD KAYNAR-KISSINGER is a retired Associate Professor and former Chair of the Theater Department at Tel Aviv University. STEPHEN BROCKMANN is Professor of German with courtesy appointments in English and History at Carnegie Mellon University.
