Theaters of Citizenship : Aesthetics and Politics of Avant-Garde Performance in Egypt /

"Theaters of Citizenship investigates the Egyptian movement for free theater, as it evolved from an avant-gardist movement to self-help culture and finally, a frame for street theater. Using historiography, ethnography, and performance analysis, the book follows this avant-garde from 2004-2014,...

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Auteur principal: Pahwa, Sonali, 1976- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2020.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Theater > Political aspects.
Street theater.
Experimental theater.
Theâtre > Aspect politique > Égypte > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Theâtre de rue > Égypte > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Theater > Political aspects > Egypt > History > 21st century.
Street theater > Egypt > History > 21st century.
Experimental theater > Egypt > History > 21st century.
Egypt.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Theaters of Citizenship investigates the Egyptian movement for free theater, as it evolved from an avant-gardist movement to self-help culture and finally, a frame for street theater. Using historiography, ethnography, and performance analysis, the book follows this avant-garde from 2004-2014, analyzing its staging of rights claims, generational identity, and postrevolution citizenship. The book extends avant-gardist theater theory to consider the politics of performance across urban spaces. It approaches live performance as a means of both cultural and political representation and a theater of citizenship across socially critical, neoliberal, and revolutionary repertoires"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource (192 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780810141773

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