Acting Identities: An Investigation Into South West German Naturtheater

ISBN-13: 9783631351420 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 226 str.

Alison M. Phipps

Opis

This book examines the Naturtheater of south west Germany. It seeks to understand why large scale open air performances have drawn little scholarly attention. Methods derived from anthropology and ethnography together with those of literary analysis are used to investigate text and context. Historically and theoretically informed, this book challenges perceptions of mass performance as light entertainment. The description of everyday life in the theatres opens up questions of identity construction, social engagement and the role of nature in cultural expression.

Spis treści

Contents: Acting Identities - Naturtheater, a Living Phenomenon - Reflections on Methodology - Theatre, Performance and Naturtheater - Naturtheater Plays - Naturtheater and Nature - Naturtheater Culture.

O autorze

The Author: Alison M. Phipps completed her Ph.D. in 1995 at the University of Sheffield. From 1992 to 1993 she studied in Tübingen, Germany on a Leverhulme scholarship where she completed her ethnographic work on the Naturtheater. Since 1995 she has worked as lecturer in the Department of German Language and Literature, University of Glasgow.