Theaters of Citizenship Aesthetics and Politics of Avant-Garde Performance in Egypt

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Author

Pahwa, Sonali, 1976-

Title

Theaters of Citizenship [electronic resource] : Aesthetics and Politics of Avant-Garde Performance in Egypt / Sonali Pahwa.

ISBN

0810141779

9780810141773

0810141760

9780810141759

9780810141766

Published

Evanston : Northwestern University Press, 2020. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)

Physical Description

1 online resource.

Local Notes

Access is available to the Yale community.

Notes

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

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Summary

"Theaters of Citizenship investigates the Egyptian movement for free theater, as it evolved from an avant-gardist movement to self-help culture and finally, a frame for street theater. Using historiography, ethnography, and performance analysis, the book follows this avant-garde from 2004-2014, analyzing its staging of rights claims, generational identity, and postrevolution citizenship. The book extends avant-gardist theater theory to consider the politics of performance across urban spaces. It approaches live performance as a means of both cultural and political representation and a theater of citizenship across socially critical, neoliberal, and revolutionary repertoires"-- Provided by publisher.

Variant and related titles

Project MUSE - 2020 Complete.

Project MUSE - 2020 African Studies.

Project MUSE - 2020 Film, Theater and Performing Arts.

Format

Books / Online

Language

English

Added to Catalog

March 03, 2020

Series

Book collections on Project MUSE.