Sharon Aronson-Lehavi

Performing Religion on the Secular Stage

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the relations between Western religion, secularism, and modern theatre and performance. The book analyses a new and original historiography of a uniquely modern theatrical phenomenon, a study that is of high importance considering the reemergence of religion in contemporary culture and politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9780367487522
• ISBN-10: 0367487527
• Artikelnr.: 67515589

Autorenporträt

Sharon Aronson-Lehavi is a faculty member and former Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Modern Scriptural Theatre and the Performativity of Anachronism
Chapter 2: "Who shall be Christ?" From Sacrificial Figure to Social Victim
Chapter 3: Encountering Absence in the Theatre
Conclusion
Appendix: English Translation of Hugo Ball, A Nativity Play. Bruitist
Bibliography
Index