Performance, Exile and 'America'

By Yana Meerzon and Silvija Jestrovic

Book Overview

This collection investigates dramatic and performative renderings of 'America' as an exilic place particularly focusing on issues of language, space and identity. It looks at ways in which immigrants and outsiders are embodied in American theatre practice and explores ways in which 'America' is staged and dramatized by immigrants and foreigners.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349365351
• ISBN13: 9781349365357
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"