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050 0 0 _aPS153.M56
_bP47 2009
090 _aPS 153 .M56 P47 2009
245 0 0 _aPerformance, exile and 'America' /
_cedited by Silvija Jestrovic and Yana Meerzon.
260 _aNew York :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2009.
300 _axiii, 266 p. :
_bill., 1 map, ports ;
_c23 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
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337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
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338 _2rdacarrier
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490 0 _aStudies in international performance.
520 _a"This collection of essays investigates dramatic and performative renderings of 'America' as an exilic place, investigating how 'America' and exile are imagined, challenged and theatricalized in the works of various theatre artists in the light of the current political climate in the USA"--Provided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _aIntroduction : Framing "America" : Between Exilic Imaginary and Exilic Collective / Silvija Jestrovic & Yana Meerzon -- "AMERICA" BETWEEN THE EXILIC IMAGINARY AND THE EXILIC COLLECTIVE. Land of Air-conditioning and Opportunity : America on the Irish Stage / Elizabeth Fitzpatrick -- Ninety Miles Away : Exile and Identity in Recent Cuban-American Dramas / Yael Prizant -- An American Mile in Others' Shoes : The Tragicomedy of Immigrating to the 21st Century U.S. / Diana Manole -- The American Landscape Reconsidered : On Theatricality of Urban America in the Russian Émigré Writings, with the special focus on Vasily Aksyonov's works / Yana Meerzon -- AMERICAN PERFORMATIVITY. Theatres in America: Brecht and Kafka / Freddie Rokem -- America Relocated : Karel Čapek's Robots between Prague, Berlin and New York / Veronika Ambros -- At Home in Exile : Finding America in Casablanca and Camino Real / Alan Ackerman -- AMERICA AND THE OTHER : FROM REPRESENTATION TO INTERVENTION. De-Territorializing Voices : Staging the Middle East in American Theatre / Erith Jaffe-Berg -- Current Trends in Arab-American Performance / Dalia Basiouny and Marvin Carlson -- Bombing (on) the Border : Ali & Ali and the aXes of Evil as Transnational Agitprop / Jerry Wasserman -- Exiles and the City : Krzysztof Wodiczko's New York Interventions of Making the Familiar Strange / Silvija Jestrovic.
650 0 _aAmerican drama
_xMinority authors
_xHistory and criticism.
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650 0 _aExiles in literature.
_9147609
651 0 _aUnited States
_xIn literature.
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650 0 _aImmigrants in literature.
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650 0 _aEmigration and immigration in literature.
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650 0 _aOther (Philosophy) in literature.
_9147614
650 0 _aAlienation (Social psychology) in literature.
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650 0 _aIdentity (Psychology) in literature.
_9147616
650 0 _aTransnationalism in literature.
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650 0 _aMinorities
_zUnited States
_xIntellectual life.
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650 0 _aTheater and society
_zUnited States
_y21st century.
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700 1 _aJestrovic, Silvija,
_d1970-
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700 1 _aMeerzon, Yana.
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