An edition of Performance, exile and 'America'
(2009)
Performance, exile and 'America'
by Silvija Jestrovic
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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 political climate in the USA"--Provided by publisher.
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Immigrants in literature, Intellectual life, History and criticism, American drama, Other (Philosophy) in literature, Minorities, Theater and society, Minority authors, Exiles in literature, In literature, Alienation (Social psychology) in literature, Emigration and immigration in literature, Transnationalism in literature, Identity (Psychology) in literature, American drama, history and criticism, HistoryPlaces
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Table of Contents
Introduction : Framing "America" : Between Exilic Imaginary and Exilic Collective / Silvija Jestrovic & Yana Meerzon
"AMERICA" BETWEEN THE EXILIC IMAGINARY AND THE EXILIC COLLECTIVE. Land of Air-conditioning and Opportunity : America on the Irish Stage / Elizabeth Fitzpatrick
Ninety Miles Away : Exile and Identity in Recent Cuban-American Dramas / Yael Prizant
An American Mile in Others' Shoes : The Tragicomedy of Immigrating to the 21st Century U.S. / Diana Manole
The American Landscape Reconsidered : On Theatricality of Urban America in the Russian Émigré Writings, with the special focus on Vasily Aksyonov's works / Yana Meerzon
AMERICAN PERFORMATIVITY. Theatres in America: Brecht and Kafka / Freddie Rokem
America Relocated : Karel Čapek's Robots between Prague, Berlin and New York / Veronika Ambros
At Home in Exile : Finding America in Casablanca and Camino Real / Alan Ackerman
AMERICA AND THE OTHER : FROM REPRESENTATION TO INTERVENTION. De-Territorializing Voices : Staging the Middle East in American Theatre / Erith Jaffe-Berg
Current Trends in Arab-American Performance / Dalia Basiouny and Marvin Carlson
Bombing (on) the Border : Ali & Ali and the aXes of Evil as Transnational Agitprop / Jerry Wasserman
Exiles and the City : Krzysztof Wodiczko's New York Interventions of Making the Familiar Strange / Silvija Jestrovic.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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