Performance, Exile And 'America'
This collection of essays investigates dramatic and performative renderings of 'America' as an exilic place, investigating how 'America' and exile are imagined, challenged and theatricalized in the works of various theatre artists in the light of the current politic climate in the USA.
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This collection of essays investigates dramatic and performative renderings of "America" as an exilic place, investigating how "America" and exile are imagined, challenged and theatricalized in the works of various theatre artists in the light of the current politic climate in the USA.
List of IllustrationsIntroduction Framing'America' - Between Exilic Imaginary and Exilic Collective Silvija Jestrovic Jestrovic, Silvija Yana Meerzon Meerzon, Yana 1Pt. 1 'America' Between the Exilic Imaginary and the Exilic Collective 211 The Land of Air-Conditioning and Opportunity: America on the Irish Stage Lisa Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick, Lisa 232 Ninety Miles Away: Exile and Identity in Recent Cuban-American Theatre Yael Prizant Prizant, Yael 473 "An American Mile in Others' Shoes": The Tragicomedy of Immigrating to the Twenty-First-Century United States Diana Manole Manole, Diana 664 The American Landscape Reconsidered: On the Theatricality of Urban America in Russian Emigre Writings, with Special Focus on the Works of Vasily Aksyonov Yana Meerzon Meerzon, Yana 93Pt. 2 American Performativity 1175 Theatres in America: Brecht and Kafka Freddie Rokem Rokem, Freddie 1196 America Relocated: Karel Capek's Robots between Prague, Berlin, and New York Veronika Ambros Ambros, Veronika 1347 At Home in Exile: Finding America in Casablanca and Camino Real Alan Ackerman Ackerman, Alan 158Pt. 3 America and the Other: From Representation to Intervention 1778 Deterritorializing Voices: Staging the Middle East in American Theatre Erith Jaffe-Berg Jaffe-Berg, Erith 1799 Current Trends in Arab-American Performance Dalia Basiouny Basiouny, Dalia Marvin Carlson Carlson, Marvin 20810 "We know you're not Somalia": Radical Performance and Canadian-American Exile in Ali & Ali and the aXes of Evil Jerry Wassennan Wassennan, Jerry 22011 Exiles and the City: Krzysztof Wodiczko's New York Interventions of Making the FamiliarStrange Silvija Jestrovic Jestrovic, Silvija 244Index 264
