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Patrice Pavis - Theatre at the Crossroads of Culture - 9780415060387 - V9780415060387
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Theatre at the Crossroads of Culture

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Description for Theatre at the Crossroads of Culture paperback. An examination of the political and aesthetic consequences of culture meeting at the crossroads of theatre, which looks in depth at such works as Brook's "Mahabharata", Cixous/Mnouchkine's "Indiande" and Barba's "Faust". Num Pages: 228 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.

Western culture has a long and fraught history of cultural appropriation, a history that has particular resonance within performance practice. Patrice Pavis asks what is at stake politically and aesthetically when cultures meet at the crossroads of theatre.?
A series of major recent productions are analysed, including Peter Brook's Mahabharata, Cixous/Mnouchkine's Indiande, and Barba's Faust. These focus discussions on translation, appropriation, adaptation, cultural misunderstanding, and theatrical exploration. Never losing sight of the theatrical experience, Pavis confronts problems of colonialism, anthropology, and ethnography. This signals a radical movement away from the director and the word, towards the complex relationship between ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415060387
SKU
V9780415060387
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