Entangled Performance Histories: New Approaches to Theater Historiography (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)

By: Erika Fischer-Lichte and Małgorzata Sugiera and Torsten Jost and Holger Hartung and Omid Soltani

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Synopsis: Entangled Performance Histories is the first book-length study that applies the concept of "entangled histories" as a new paradigm in the field of theater and performance historiography. "Entangled histories" denotes the interconnectedness of multiple histories that cannot be addressed within national frameworks. The concept refers to interconnected pasts, in which historical processes of contact and exchange between performance cultures affected all involved. Presenting case studies from across the world—spanning Africa, the Arab-speaking world, Asia, the Americas and Europe—the book’s contributors systematically expand, exemplify and examine the concept of "entangled histories," thus introducing various innovative concepts, theories and methodologies for investigating reciprocally consequential processes of interweaving performance cultures from the past. Bringing together examples of entanglements in theater and performance histories from a broad variety of geographical and historical backgrounds, the book’s contributions build together a broad basis for a possible and necessary paradigmatic shift in the field of theater and performance historiography. Ideal for researchers and students of history, theater, performance, drama and dance, this volume opens novel perspectives on the possibilities and challenges of investigating the entangled histories of theater and performance cultures on a global scale.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 288 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000825923
Related ISBNs:: 9781032405131, 9781032405186, 9781003353461
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 12/30/22
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Erika Fischer-Lichte, Małgorzata Sugiera, Torsten Jost, Holger Hartung and Omid Soltani individual chapters, the contributors
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Erika Fischer-Lichte
Edited by:: Małgorzata Sugiera
Edited by:: Torsten Jost
Edited by:: Holger Hartung
Edited by:: Omid Soltani