Overview

The global rise of festival culture and experience has taken over that which used to merely be events. The Cambridge Companion to International Theatre Festivals provides an up-to-date, contextualized account of the worldwide reach and impact of the 'festivalization' of culture. It introduces new methodologies for the study of the global network of theatre production using digital humanities, raises questions about how alternative origin stories might impact the study of festivals, investigates the festivalized production of space in the world's 'Festival Cities', and re-examines the social role and cultural work of twenty-first-century theatre, performance, and multi-arts festivals. With chapters on festivals in Africa, Asia, Australia, the Arab world, the francophone world, Europe, North America, and Latin America it analyses festivals as sites of intercultural negotiation and exchange.

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Author:   Ric Knowles (University of Guelph, Ontario)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9781108442398

ISBN 10:   1108442390
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   11 June 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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'… a well-researched and well written Companion that provides a necessary overview of the current landscape of international performing arts festivals within an engaged critical conversation.' Azadeh Sharifi, Performance Research

'... a well-researched and well written Companion that provides a necessary overview of the current landscape of international performing arts festivals within an engaged critical conversation.' Azadeh Sharifi, Performance Research

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Ric Knowles is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and recipient of a Lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Association for Theatre Research. He is former editor of Theatre Journal, Modern Drama, and Canadian Theatre Review, and an award-winning author or editor of twenty books on drama and theatre.

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