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Author:   Megan E. Geigner ,  Harvey Young
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138368958

ISBN 10:   1138368954
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   31 May 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Megan E. Geigner and Harvey Young; 1. Dr. See-Through and His Kin: East African Theatre in the Interregnum Joshua Williams; 2. Between Empire and Dictatorship: The Decolonial Dreams of Raúl Leis Katherine A. Zien; 3. Absurdist Theatre Goes Postcolonial: Trans-Contextuality, Absurd Jokes, and Evocation in (Post)Colonial Plays Mina Kyounghye Kwon; 4. History Plays: Performing the Anti-Apartheid Movement on Contemporary South African Stages Gibson Alessandro Cima; 5. Brendan Brehan’s Depictions of Mid-Twentieth-Century Irish Failure Eleanor Owicki and Megan E. Geigner; 6. Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Development of Western Turkish Theatre and the Pursuit of Identity Elif Baş; 7. Towards a New African Personality: The National Theatre Movement of Ghana from Nkrumah to Rawlings David Afriyie Donkor; 8. Rediscovering Tradition in Modern Asian Theatre Siyuan Liu; 9. The Empire Lingers: Staging Zainichi Korean Lived Experiences in Contemporary Japan Jessica Nakamura; 10. Toward a Third Performance: Dance, Exile, and Anti-Imperialism in Fernando Solanas’ Tangos: El exilio de Gardel Victoria Fortuna; 11. Bollywood Effects: Feeling Brown with Meena Kumari Kareem Khubchandani; 12. Sounding Asian American: Geeks and Superheroes in Qui Nguyen’s Vietgone Esther Kim Lee

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""Noting that the after-effects of imperialism may still be felt everywhere in the world, Theatre after Empire proves that they can best be seen anywhere today through the Argus-eyed scrutiny of theatrical representation. The well-chosen essays collected here, like the variety of the dramas they document from every inhabited continent, specify the locations of residual empires and judiciously critique the deferral of their redress."" - Joseph Roach, Sterling Professor of Theater Emeritus, Yale University.

Noting that the after-effects of imperialism may still be felt everywhere in the world, Theatre after Empire proves that they can best be seen anywhere today through the Argus-eyed scrutiny of theatrical representation. The well-chosen essays collected here, like the variety of the dramas they document from every inhabited continent, specify the locations of residual empires and judiciously critique the deferral of their redress. - Joseph Roach, Sterling Professor of Theater Emeritus, Yale University.

"""Noting that the after-effects of imperialism may still be felt everywhere in the world, Theatre after Empire proves that they can best be seen anywhere today through the Argus-eyed scrutiny of theatrical representation. The well-chosen essays collected here, like the variety of the dramas they document from every inhabited continent, specify the locations of residual empires and judiciously critique the deferral of their redress."" - Joseph Roach, Sterling Professor of Theater Emeritus, Yale University."

Author Information

Megan E. Geigner is an assistant professor of instruction in the Cook Family Writing Program at Northwestern University. She researches the performance of racial, ethnic, and national identity. She is co-editor of Makeshift Chicago Stages: A Century of Theater and Performance. Harvey Young is Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Boston University. His books include Embodying Black Experience and Performance in the Borderlands.

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