Jennifer Williams

Archaeology of the Political Unconscious

Theater and Opera in East Berlin, 1967-1977

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the aesthetic and political dialectics of East Berlin to argue how its theatre and opera stages incited artists to act out, fuel and resist the troubled construction of political legitimacy. It will be of interest to scholars in theatre and performance studies, art history, music, German studies, and political science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9781032105956
• ISBN-10: 103210595X
• Artikelnr.: 70347524

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Williams is a Fulbright Scholar and opera director. She holds a PhD in theater and performance studies from Cornell University and an AB from the University of Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Unsettled Ruins: Political Legitimation and the Aesthetics of Reuse in
East Berlin 2. Broken Artifacts: Man Equals Man at the Berliner Ensemble 3.
Ruins and Their Shadows: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the
Komische Oper 4. Disruptive Excavations: The Theater of Heiner Müller and
the Legacy of Bertolt Brecht