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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809176803321

Autore

Lease Bryce

Titolo

After '89 : Polish theatre and the political / / Bryce Lease

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2020

©2016

ISBN

1-5261-0105-X

1-5261-1526-3

1-5261-0104-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Theatre : theory, practice, performance

Disciplina

792.09438

Soggetti

Theater - Political aspects

Theater

Théâtre - Aspect politique - Pologne

Theater - Political aspects - Poland

Théâtre - Pologne - Histoire - 21e siècle

Theater - Poland - History - 21st century

Théâtre - Pologne - Histoire - 20e siècle

Theater - Poland - History - 20th century

History

Ressources Internet

Poland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Introduction: really existing democracy 1. The move to neoliberalism 2. No more heroes 3. Beyond a Teatr Kobiecy 4. Gay emancipation and queer counterpublics 5. Rethinking Polish/Jewish relations 6. Equivalencies of exclusion Index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

4 Gay emancipation and queer counterpublicsProducing counterpublics; Challenging politics; Future potentials; Notes; 5 Rethinking Polish/Jewish relations; Memory and repetition; Who is our class?; Collusion and guilt; Dybbuks; Postmemory; Polin/Polonia; Notes; 6 Equivalencies of exclusion; In Desert and Wilderness; Phallic divestiture; Trans-European migration; Notes; Conclusion; Notes;



Bibliography; Index.

Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Introduction: really existing democracy; Political names; Transformations of the political; Defining the political theatre; Overview; Notes; 1 The move to neoliberalism; Shock therapy; Corporeal readings; Teatr na lewo; Notes; 2 No more heroes; Eschewing patriotism; Contesting Romanticism; Solidarity in dispute; Notes; 3 Beyond a teatr kobiecy; Difficult optimism; Gendered subjects; Beyond the nuclear; Notes.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an exceptional introduction to Polish theatre since the fall of communism, exploring how theatre goes beyond norms and nationalistic concepts to intersect with politics, feminism, queer identities, the rise in anti-Semitism, ethnicities and history.