Theatre and Interculturalism

How are hybrid and diasporic identities performed in increasingly diverse societies? How can we begin to think differently about theatrical flow across cultures?

Interculturalism is an increasingly urgent topic in the 21st century. As human traffic between nations increases, it becomes imperative to critically re-examine the way cultural exchange is performed. Theatre & Interculturalism surveys established approaches and asks what it would mean to reconsider intercultural performance, not from the points of view of the colonizing cultures, but 'from below'- from the viewpoints of the historically colonized and marginalized.

Auteur

RIC KNOWLES is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph, Canada.

Contenu

Introduction
Theatrical Interculturalism and its Discontents
Theatre Has Always Been Intercultural
Brecht and the Materialists
Artaud and his Doubles: The Universalists
The West and the Rest
Decolonizing the Stage
Critical Intersections
Intercultural Performance Ecologies
Conclusion
Further Reading.