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Recasting transnationalism through performance : theatre festivals in Cape Verde, Mozambique, and Brazil

Title: Recasting transnationalism through performance : theatre festivals in Cape Verde, Mozambique, and Brazil / Christina S. McMahon, Theater and Dance, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.
Author: McMahon, Christina S., 1976-
Publication: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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xv, 229 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"The past two decades have witnessed the emergence of a lively Portuguese-language theatre festival circuit, where Brazilian, Portuguese, and Lusophone African artists come together and jointly negotiate the cultural dynamics of an emerging transnational community grounded in a common language and shared colonial histories. Christina S. McMahon trains a sharp ethnographic eye on African performances staged at these festivals, revealing how festival productions and their aftermath can generate new perspectives on race and gender, colonial trauma, and the economics of cultural globalization. Featuring in-depth analysis of performances and artist interviews from Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique - countries with vibrant theatre practices and vexed colonial pasts - the book reveals how international festivals can be valuable platforms for new intercultural dialogues and diplomatic possibilities. Recasting Transnationalism through Performance offers a fresh look at the role of theatre in navigating new postcolonial realities"--

Series Statement

Studies in international performance

Uniform Title

Studies in international performance.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-221) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction: Global Casting Calls: Performing (Trans)National Identity On Festival Circuits -- 2. Mapping Festivals: Cape Verde, Mozambique, and Brazil in the Lusophone World -- 3. Recasting the Colonial Past: History, Imagination, and Fantasy on Festival Stages -- 4. African Women on Festival Circuits: Recasting Labor Roles and Female Sexuality -- 5. Adaptation and the (Trans)Nation: Creolized Shakespeare, Intercultural Cervantes -- 6. Toward a Conclusion: Forum Theatre in Festival Venues.

Call Number

Sc D 16-709

ISBN

9781137006806 (hardback)
1137006803 (hardback)

LCCN

2013044173

OCLC

863695447

Author

McMahon, Christina S., 1976- author.

Title

Recasting transnationalism through performance : theatre festivals in Cape Verde, Mozambique, and Brazil / Christina S. McMahon, Theater and Dance, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

Publisher

Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in international performance

Studies in international performance.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-221) and index.

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Research Call Number

Sc D 16-709

MWET 14-2069

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