Theater in the Middle East : Between Performance and Politics /: Between Performance and Politics. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Babak Rahimi.
• Editors: Rahimi, Babak
• Contents: <span style="font-weight: 400;">Introduction, Babak Rahimi (University of California, San Diego); I. Pedagogy and Tradition; 1. Teaching Middle Eastern theatre: challenges, opportunities, and rewards, Michael Malek Najjar <span style="font-weight: 400;">(University of Oregon); 2. Harem entertainers: female performers in Qajar courts, Rana Salimi <span style="font-weight: 400;">(University of California, San Diego); 3. Nehad Selaiha and the Egyptian theatre, Marvin Carlson (The City University of New York); 4. The re-invention of tradition in Moroccan theatre: from postcolonial hybridity to women’s empowerment, Khalid Amine (Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco); II. Politics and Nation; 5. Artistic practice and production at the Jenin freedom theatre: the intersection of the personal and <span style="font-weight: 400;">the political, Gary M. English (University of Connecticut); 6. Domestic arts: Sigalit Landau, Emily Jacir, and Israel-Palestine, Shelley Salamensky (University of Louisville); 7. Radio drama by and about Syrian refugees: reimagining the nation on Souriali, Edward Ziter (NYU); 8. No demand no supply: documentary theatre transforming the mainstream media, Sahar Assaf (American University of Beirut).
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (250 pages)
• Subjects: ART / General; PERFORMING ARTS / General
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785274480; 1785274481
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.