Performance and Cosmopolitics Cross-cultural Transactions in Australasia

by Gilbert, Helen; Lo, Jacqueline; Reinelt, Janelle; Singleton, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780230003408
• ISBN10: 0230003400
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Performance and Cosmopolitics is a ground-breaking study of cross-cultural theatre in the Australasian region. Focusing on a range of theatrical events and practices in avant-garde, mainstream and community contexts, this book explores the cultural, political and ethical dimensions of Australia's engagement with Asia. Aboriginal theatre is also featured as an important aspect of regional arts traffic. A complex and fascinating analysis that sheds light on international arts marketing, broader trends in cross-cultural performance training, and current debates in performance studies.

Author Biography

HELEN GILBERT is Professor of Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, and co-convenor of the College's interdisciplinary Postcolonial Research Group. Her books include <I>Sightlines: Race, Gender and Nation in Contemporary Australian Theatre</I> (1998), <I>Post-colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics</I> (with Joanne Tompkins, 1997) and <I>Postcolonial Plays: An Anthology</I> (2001).

 

JACQUELINE LO is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Convenor of the Literature, Screen and Theatre Studies Graduate Program at the Australian National University. She is the author of <I>Staging Nation: English Language Theatre in Malaysia and Singapore</I> (2004).

Table of Contents

Introduction * Cosmopolitanism and Performance * (Anti)Cosmopolitan Encounters * Reorienting Australian Theatre * Crossing Cultures: Mainstream and Festival Productions * Intercultural Training and Cosmopolitan Bodies * Asian-Australian Hybrid Praxis * Ethics and Efficacy: Theatre about Asylum Seekers * Conclusion: Cosmopolitics in the New Millennium * Index

Introduction * Cosmopolitanism and Performance * (Anti)Cosmopolitan Encounters * Reorienting Australian Theatre * Crossing Cultures: Mainstream and Festival Productions * Intercultural Training and Cosmopolitan Bodies * Asian-Australian Hybrid Praxis * Ethics and Efficacy: Theatre about Asylum Seekers * Conclusion: Cosmopolitics in the New Millennium * Index