| Description |
1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Advances in Theatre and Performance Studies |
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Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: The Borders of Iranian-ness -- Iran in Turmoil -- On Being an Iranian in a Post-9/11 World -- The Road Map of the Book -- Notes -- 1. Monologues of Resistance -- Iran's Historical Recap -- Shadi Ghadirian -- Tahmineh Monzavi -- Hedieh Ahmadi -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2. Bewildered They Stood, Like an Empty Oath, Like a Solemn Kurd: Ali Akbar Alizad and His Plea for Justice -- Queering the Iranian stage: Ali Akbar Alizad's Remix of Jean Genet's The Maids -- Rewinding The Maids' Remix |
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I. Maids -- II. Objects -- III. Madam -- IV. Maids, Objects, and Madam: The Remix -- Hymns for the Cold Within: Mountain Language -- What Is the Kurdish Plea? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3. Off of the White Light and into a Spiral Pattern -- Musical Recap -- Experimental Electronic Music Movement -- The Historical Background of Iran's Electronic Music Movement -- The Current State of the Electronic Music Movement in Iran -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4. Embracing the Liminal rather than Nostalgia -- Why Did the Shahs Flee Iran? -- How the Shahs Are Perceived in the United States |
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The Reality of Shahs of Sunset -- White Wednesdays and Masih Alinejad's Activism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5. Conclusion: Circling in a Cul-de-sac -- Fast-forwarding to 2022 -- Notes -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Arts, Iranian -- 21st century -- Themes, motives
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000984576 |
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1000984575 |
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