Glenn A. Odom

World Theories of Theatre (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

World Theories of Theatre expands the horizons of theatrical theory beyond the West, providing the tools essential for a truly global approach to theatre.

Identifying major debates in theatrical theory from around the world, combining discussions of the key theoretical questions facing theatre studies with extended excerpts from primary materials, specific primary materials, case studies and coverage of Southern Africa, the Caribbean, North Africa and the Middle East, Oceania, Latin America, East Asia, and India. The volume is divided into three sections:

• Theoretical questions, which applies cross-cultural perspectives to key issues from aesthetics to postcolonialism, interculturalism, and globalization.
• Cultural and literary theory, which is organised by region, presenting a range of theatrical theories in their historical and cultural context.
• Practical exercises, which provides a brief series of suggestions for physical exploration of these theoretical concepts.

World Theories of Theatre presents fresh, vital ways of thinking about the theatre, highlighting the extraordinary diversity of approaches available to scholars and students of theatre studies.

This volume includes theoretical excerpts from:

• Zeami Motokiyo
• Bharata Muni
• Wole Soyinka
• Femi Osofisan
• Uptal Dutt
• Saadallah Wannous
• Enrique Buenaventura
• Derek Walcott
• Werewere Liking
• Maryrose Casey
• Augusto Boal
• Tadashi Suzuki
• Jiao Juyin
• Oriza Hirata
• Gao Xingjian
• Roma Potiki
• Poile Sengupta

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317586289
• Artikelnr.: 48422988

Autorenporträt

Glenn Odom is a senior lecturer in the Department of Drama, Theatre, and Performance at the University of Roehampton.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: World, Theory, Theatre
Part 1: Theoretical Questions
* Aesthetics
* Theatre and Politics
* Decolonization, Hybridity, Postcoloniality, Interculturalism, and
Globalization
* Identity / The Actor
* Modernity and Theatre
* Toward a Theorization of Gender in World Theatre
Part 2: Cultural and Literary Theory
* Latin America and the Caribbean
* Sub-Saharan Africa
* North Africa and the Middle East
* Australia and New Zealand
* East Asia
* India
Theory and Practice
Bibliography

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Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction: World, Theory, Theatre

Part 1: Theoretical Questions

• Aesthetics
• Theatre and Politics
• Decolonization, Hybridity, Postcoloniality, Interculturalism, and Globalization
• Identity / The Actor
• Modernity and Theatre
• Toward a Theorization of Gender in World Theatre

Part 2: Cultural and Literary Theory

• Latin America and the Caribbean
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• North Africa and the Middle East
• Australia and New Zealand
• East Asia
• India

Theory and Practice

Bibliography