Imperialism and Theatre

ISBN-13: 9780415106405 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 280 str.

J. Gainor; J. Ellen Gainor

Opis

In cultures across the world theatrical performance has long been a site for the representation and support of imperialism - and for resistance and rebellion against it. This work explores the questions of how and why the theatre was used within imperial societies to articulate the concerns of both the colonizers and the colonized. Bringing together 15 noted scholars and practitioners of theatre, the collection crosses national and historical boundaries to present a comprehensive study of post-colonial drama. The essays engage with current theoretical issues while shifting the focus from the printed text to theatre as cultural form and political force.

O autorze

J.Ellen Gainor is an Associate Professor of Theatre Studies at Cornell University. She is the author of Shaw's Daughters: Dramatic and Narrative Constructions of Gender (1991) and has also written on imperialism and colonialism in the drama of George Bernard Shaw and Athol Fugard.