Screen LibraryAvant-garde performance and material exchange Vectors of the radical /
Assembling a remarkable group of scholars, these essays explore how the circulation and exchange of 'vectors of the radical' shape the avant-garde. Mapping the movement of scripts, theatre activists, performances, and other material entities, they provide unprecedented perspectives on the...
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| Language: | English |
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Assembling a remarkable group of scholars, these essays explore how the circulation and exchange of 'vectors of the radical' shape the avant-garde. Mapping the movement of scripts, theatre activists, performances, and other material entities, they provide unprecedented perspectives on the transnational performance culture of the avant-garde. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230241343, 2010. |
| Carrier Form: | 240 p. : 1 b&w, halftones, 1. |
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9780230241343 9780230298941 : 023029894X : |
| CLC: | F719.5 |
| Contents: | Introduction-- M.Sell PART I: INTERSECTIONS Introduction-- J.Harding From Italy and Russia to France and the U.S.: 'Fascist' Futurism and Balanchine's 'American' Ballet-- P.Gaborik & A.Harris Confessions of a Failed Theatre Activist: Intercultural Encounters in Uganda and Rwanda-- L.Edmondson The Living Theatre's Arrested Development in Brazil: An Intersection of Activist Performances-- C.Rosenthal PART II: TRANSLATIONS Introduction-- J.Graham-Jones 'Powerful Disseminator of Radical Thought': Anarchism and the Introduction of Modern Western Theatre to China-- S.Liu Translation, Typography, and the Avant-Garde's Impossible Text-- S.Bay-Cheng Maoist Performatives: Milton Acorn and the Canadian Liberation Movement-- A.Filewod PART III: DIVERGENCES Introduction-- A.Filewod Avant-Garde Becomes Nationalism: Immortalizing Nam June Paik in South Korea-- E.Kim Lee The Avant-Garde and the Arab World-- M.Sell The Avant-Garde of Necessity: The Protest Theatre Movement in Zimbabwe-- P.Zenenga Punk Attitude: The Influence of the Avant-Garde and the Case of Ian Stuart Donaldson-- G.White Afterword The Avant-Garde and Vector Studies: A Roundtable Index. |