Theatre Symposium, Vol. 25: Cross-Cultural Dialogue on the Global Stage Volume 25 First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Becker, Becky K. (Editor), Becker, Becky K. (Introduction by), Berman, Karen (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0817370129 ISBN-13: 9780817370121 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
LCCN: 2017486597 |
Series: Theatre Symposium |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 8.8" (0.44 lbs) 112 pages |
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Publisher Description: Addresses the ways that theatre both shapes cross-cultural dialogue and is itself, in turn, shaped by those forces. Globalization may strike many as a phenomenon of our own historical moment, but it is truly as old as civilization: we need only look to the ancient Silk Road linking the Far East to the Mediterranean in order to find some of the earliest recorded impacts of people and goods crossing borders. Yet, in the current cultural moment, tensions are high due to increased migration, economic unpredictability, complicated acts of local and global terror, and heightened political divisions all over the world. Thus globalization seems new and a threat to our ways of life, to our nations, and to our cultures. In what ways have theatre practitioners, educators, and scholars worked to support cross-cultural dialogue historically? And in what ways might theatre embrace the complexities and contradictions inherent in any meaningful exchange? The essays in Theatre Symposium, Volume 25 reflect on these questions. Featured in Theatre Symposium, Volume 25
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