LEADER 04707nam 22006375 450 001 9910879586903321 005 20240917001900.0 010 $a9783031645389 010 $a3031645383 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-64538-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31601180 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31601180 035 $a(CKB)33987632600041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-64538-9 035 $a(EXLCZ)9933987632600041 100 $a20240813d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aQueering Polishness in Polish Theatre Since 2005 $eDissenting Bodies /$fby Jonas Vanderschueren 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (259 pages) 311 08$a9783031645372 311 08$a3031645375 327 $aChapter1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The transformative power of dissensus: Polish normativity and queer dissensus in contemporary Polish theatre -- Chapter 3; Exploring the field, reshaping the field: On the theatre field in Poland, precarity and protest -- Chapter 4; Reorienting the nation: On Polish national identity, weak messianism, and queer failure -- Chapter 5; Challenging the Artistic Genius: On collaborative modes of production in theatre and performance -- Chapter 6; Decolonizing Polishness: On postcolonial theory, racism, and transphobia -- Chapter 7; Conclusion: On Polish normativity (revisited) and missing threads. 330 $aTheatre has long been an art form at the centre of public life in Poland. Whether it is the self-professed poet-prophets of the Romantic era, or the dissident theatre makers working under the strictures of state socialism, the art form has played a vital role in the development of Polish culture and politics in the context of shifting foreign occupations. This book explores the relationship between contemporary Polish theatre makers and contemporary notions of Polishness and argues that queer theory, and specifically a Polish appropriation of queer theory, can be a crucial element to better understand the politicality of the contemporary Polish theatre field. It does this by focusing on critical theatre productions which are produced at the margins of the Polish theatre field, a choice which has been made as the field is dominated by traditional drama theatres which reproduce a Polish variation on the Western canon. This makes smaller, atypical, and independent theatre productions all the more significant, as they signify a refusal to continue the traditional role of the Polish theatre field in reproducing the canon of Polish Romanticism. As such, the book argues that contemporary Polish theatre has been marked by a struggle between those building performances and state authorities that see those creations as a threat to their authority. Jonas Vanderschueren is a postdoctoral researcher at the Cultural Studies Institute of KU Leuven, Belgium, where he specializes in contemporary Polish theatre, performance, and culture. He recently obtained his Ph.D. in Cultural Studies, which investigated the artistic strategies that contemporary Polish makers have developed to resist the pressures to comply with Polish normativity, an inseparable collision between Polish nationalism and heteronormativity. He is currently working on REFAM, a CELSA-funded research collaboration between KU Leuven, University of Tartu, and Jagiellonian University. Previously he was affiliated with the Department for Central and Eastern European Languages and Cultures of Ghent University, while he has also worked as a freelance journalist for publications as diverse as Knack, MO*, SamPol, Etcetera, and Jacobin NL. 606 $aTheater$xHistory 606 $aPerforming arts 606 $aTheater 606 $aSex 606 $aIdentity politics 606 $aContemporary Theatre and Performance 606 $aTheatre and Performance Arts 606 $aGender Studies 606 $aPolitics and Gender 615 0$aTheater$xHistory. 615 0$aPerforming arts. 615 0$aTheater. 615 0$aSex. 615 0$aIdentity politics. 615 14$aContemporary Theatre and Performance. 615 24$aTheatre and Performance Arts. 615 24$aGender Studies. 615 24$aPolitics and Gender. 676 $a792.09438 700 $aVanderschueren$b Jonas$01765154 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910879586903321 996 $aQueering Polishness in Polish Theatre Since 2005$94206386 997 $aUNINA