| Description |
1 online resource (260 pages) |
| Series |
Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 22 |
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Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 22.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter One Literary tradition and diversity of language; Chapter Two Hybridity and cultural gravity: crossing boundaries in Scottish cultures; Chapter Three Scots language: personal, political, social and commercial; Chapter Four The historiography of Scottish drama and public performance; Chapter Five Public enactments, gender, community and language; Chapter Six Twentieth-century drama, innovation and the Scots leid; Chapter Seven Border-crossing, popular theatre and performative modes |
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Chapter Eight Diversification, language, gender and sexualityChapter Nine Rethinking dramaturgy; Appendix The box-office appeal of new plays in Scots -- some reflections; Index |
| Summary |
Challenging the dominant view of a broken and discontinuous dramatic culture in Scotland, this book outlines the variety and richness of the nationś performance traditions and multilingual theatre history. Brown illuminates enduring strands of hybridity and diversity which use theatre and theatricality as a means of challenging establishment views, and of exploring social, political, and religious change. He describes the ways in which politically and religiously divisive moments in Scottish history, such as the Reformation and political Union, fostered alternative dramatic modes and means of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and inde |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Theater -- Scotland -- History
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Multiculturalism in the theater -- Scotland
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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Multiculturalism in the theater
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Theater
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Scotland
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9401209944 |
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9789401209946 |
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