Theater of War and Exile

Twelve Playwrights, Directors and Performers from Eastern Europe and Israel

Domnica Radulescu (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2015
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7312-0 (ISBN)

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In what ways does political trauma influence the art arising from it? Is there an aesthetic of war and exile in theatrical works that emerge from such experiences? Are there cultural markers defining such works from areas like Eastern Europe and Israel? This book considers these questions in an examination of plays, performances and theater artists that speak from a place of political violence and displacement.

The author's critical inquiry covers a variety of theatrical experimentations, including Brechtian distancing, black humor, pastiche, surreal and hyper-real imagery, reversed chronologies and disrupted narratives. Drawing on postmodern theories and performance studies as well as interviews and personal statements from the artists discussed, this study explores the transformative power of the theater arts and their function as catalysts for social change, healing and remembrance.

Domnica Radulescu is a distinguished professor of Romance languages at Washington and Lee University. She has authored, edited, or coedited nine scholarly books and collections of essays. Two of her plays have received recognition from the Jane Chambers Playwriting award and she is the author of two best-selling novels, with a third novel soon to be released. She is the founding director of the National Symposium of Theater in Academe.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Maya E. Roth

Preface

Introduction: Defining an Aesthetic of War and Exile

One.Exile as Ontological Mutation: Theater and Performance about Post-Communist Regions

Aglaja Veteranyi: The Tragi-Comedy of Nomadism

Saviana Stanescu: Balkan Roots, Western Wings

Pavel Zuštiak: All Movement, No Words

Exile Is My Home: Personal Testimonies on Creativity and Exile

Radmila Adamová: Eastern Europe Meets Indochina

Dorota Maslowska: Nomadism on Drugs

Two.Theater of War and Genocide, and Theater Dystopias

Matei Vişniec: Consciousness Raising Through Theater

Biljana Srbljanović: Postwar Dystopias

Milena Markovic: Grand Guignol Horror and Dystopia

Motti Lerner: Playwriting as Resistance to War

Between pages 162 and 163 are 8 color plates containing 12 photographs

Three.Performance as Memory Keeper and Promoter of Peace

Noa Baum: Storytelling as a Way of Understanding the “Other”

Marcy Arlin and the Immigrants Theater Project: Celebrating Diversity

DAH Theater Group: Performance as Promoter of Peace and Repository of Memory

Conclusion: Theater as Survival

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.7.2015
Zusatzinfo	25 photos (12 in color), notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-7312-6 / 0786473126
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7312-0 / 9780786473120
Zustand	Neuware