1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480379903321

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

1-5261-1526-3

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

Electronic books.

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910964441203321

Autore

Arnesen Eric

Titolo

Brotherhoods of color : black railroad workers and the struggle for equality / / Eric Arnesen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2002, c2001

ISBN

9780674020283

0674020286

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338p. ) : ill

Classificazione

NW 8300

Disciplina

331.6396073

Soggetti

Railroads - United States - Employees - History

African Americans - Employment - History

Discrimination in employment - United States - History

Race discrimination - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Race in the first century of American railroading -- Promise and failure in the World War I era -- The Black wedge of civil rights unionism -- Independent Black unionism in depression and war -- The rise of the



red caps -- The politics of fair employment -- The politics of fair representation -- Black railroaders in the modern era.

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting the story of African Americans on the railroad during the 20th century, this text analyses the struggle against racism and job discrimination fought by the black railroaders, showing how the men forged their own brand of civil rights activism.