Performing Difference: Representations of 'The Other' in Film and Theatre - Tapa blanda

 
9780761841548: Performing Difference: Representations of 'The Other' in Film and Theatre
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ISBN 10: 0761841547 ISBN 13: 9780761841548
Editorial: University Press Of America, 2008

Sinopsis

Performing Difference is a compilation of seventeen essays from some of the leading scholars in history, criticism, film, and theater studies. Each author examines the portrayal of groups and individuals that have been traditionally marginalized or excluded from dominant historical narratives. As a meeting point of several fields of study, this book is organized around three meta-themes: race, gender, and genocide. Included are analyses of films and theatrical productions from the United States, as well as essays on cinema from Southern and Central America, Europe, and the Middle East. Topically, the contributing authors write about the depiction of race, ethnicities, gender and sexual orientation, and genocides. This volume assesses how the performing arts have aided in the social construction of the "other" in differing contexts. Its fundamental premise is that performance is powerful, and its unifying thesis is that the arts remain a major forum for advancing a more nuanced and humane vision of social outcasts, not only in the realm of national imaginations, but in social relations as well.

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Acerca del autor

Jonathan C. Friedman is director of Holocaust and genocide studies and professor of history at West Chester University.

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Editorial
University Press Of America
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0761841547
ISBN 13 
9780761841548
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
314
Editor
Friedman Jonathan C.
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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