In a world flooded with information, images, and sounds - where the distinction between real and simulated becomes increasingly blurred - one of the most pressing concerns of the theatre is how to subvert the stock responses of an audience and make the well-known fresh and meaningful again. Situating the practice of theatrical estrangement firmly in its social and political contexts, Theatre of Estrangement looks at how this concern has manifested itself in Russian and German avant-garde theatre.
Silvija Jestrovic traces the concept of estrangement from its early formulation...
In a world flooded with information, images, and sounds - where the distinction between real and simulated becomes increasingly blurred - one of th...
This collection investigates dramatic and performative renderings of 'America' as an exilic place particularly focusing on issues of language, space and identity. It looks at ways in which immigrants and outsiders are embodied in American theatre practice and explores ways in which 'America' is staged and dramatized by immigrants and foreigners.
This collection investigates dramatic and performative renderings of 'America' as an exilic place particularly focusing on issues of language, space a...
