| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Series |
Theatre : theory, practice, performance |
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Theatre (Manchester, England)
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Introduction: really existing democracy; Political names; Transformations of the political; Defining the political theatre; Overview; Notes; 1 The move to neoliberalism; Shock therapy; Corporeal readings; Teatr na lewo; Notes; 2 No more heroes; Eschewing patriotism; Contesting Romanticism; Solidarity in dispute; Notes; 3 Beyond a teatr kobiecy; Difficult optimism; Gendered subjects; Beyond the nuclear; Notes |
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4 Gay emancipation and queer counterpublicsProducing counterpublics; Challenging politics; Future potentials; Notes; 5 Rethinking Polish/Jewish relations; Memory and repetition; Who is our class?; Collusion and guilt; Dybbuks; Postmemory; Polin/Polonia; Notes; 6 Equivalencies of exclusion; In Desert and Wilderness; Phallic divestiture; Trans-European migration; Notes; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book provides an exceptional introduction to Polish theatre since the fall of communism, exploring how theatre goes beyond norms and nationalistic concepts to intersect with politics, feminism, queer identities, the rise in anti-Semitism, ethnicities and history |
| Analysis |
Anti-Semitism |
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Contemporary Theatre |
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Gender Studies |
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Pluralism |
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Poland |
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Polish Romanticism |
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Political Theatre |
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Postcolonial |
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Postcommunism |
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Queer Studies |
| Notes |
Introduction: really existing democracy 1. The move to neoliberalism 2. No more heroes 3. Beyond a Teatr Kobiecy 4. Gay emancipation and queer counterpublics 5. Rethinking Polish/Jewish relations 6. Equivalencies of exclusion Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index |
| Notes |
CIP data; item not viewed |
| Subject |
Theater -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
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Theater -- Poland -- History -- 21st century
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Theater -- Political aspects -- Poland
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
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Theater
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Theater -- Political aspects
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Poland
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Delgado, Maria M., editor
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Gale, Maggie B., editor
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| ISBN |
9781526101051 |
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152610105X |
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9781526101044 |
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1526101041 |
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