Theory for Theatre Studies: Memory

Milija Gluhovic

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781474246675
• eBook ISBN: 9781474246682
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism in Drama
• Index: Literature

Why has memory become such an important political tool in response to the challenges of modernity? How can performance be used to probe and recuperate aspects of the past, and what are the ethical and political questions that arise when it does so? And how should the discipline of theatre studies define and deploy the term 'memory' theoretically and in practice? Theory for Theatre Studies: Memory provides a comprehensive introduction to the intersections between contemporary theatre and performance, the field of memory studies and the politics of memory across the globe. Beginning by offering a fresh critical snapshot of the major theoretical foundations for the study of memory today, the author presents vivid theatrical examples drawn from a wide variety of cultural contexts and compellingly illustrates the centrality of memory for the theatre as well as the vital role of theatre in transmitting individual and collective memories. Featuring in-depth case studies of a range of performance works - including Lola Arias's Minefield, Yael Ronen's Common Ground and Robert Lepage's The Seven Streams of the River Ota - it explores how theatre artists have grappled with issues of memory and the tensions between memory and history. A final section examines the problematics of memory in a global context by exploring the subject of migration/immigration. Memory is supported by further online resources including section overviews and discussion questions. Online resources to accompany this book are available at: https://www.bloomsbury.com/theory-for-theatre-studies-memory-9781474246651/

INDEX

Abraham, Nicolas here–here

Abu-Lughod, Lila here

affect here–here, here, here, here

Agamben, Giorgio here, here–here, here, here

Agnew, Vanessa here

Amálio, Manuel R. H. here, here, here, here–here, here–here

Liberation here–here

Pass-Port here–here

Portugal Is Not a Small Country here, here, here, here, here

Andermahr, Sonya here–here

Anderson, David here

Angelaki, Vicky here–here

Angola here–here, here

Anthropocene here, here, here

Arendt, Hannah here–here

Argentina here, here, here, here

Arias, Lola here, here–here, here–here, here–here, here, here

Minefield here, here, here, here, here–here, here, here

Arsenijević, Damir here

Assmann, Aleida here, here–here

Athanasiou, Athena here–here

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo here–here

Auschwitz here, here

Azoulay, Ariella A. here

Babb, Lawrence here

Ball, Karyn here

Bender, Gerald J. here

beneficiary here, here–here

Benhabib, Seyla here, here

Benjamin, Walter here–here, here, here, here–here

Bennett, Jill here

Berlant, Lauren G. here

Bhambra, Gurminder K. here, here

Biddick, Kathleen here

Bither, Philip here–here, here

Black Lives Matter here, here

Blejmar, Jordana here, here, here, here

Bolzoni, Lina here

Bonora, Caterina here

Bosnia and Herzegovina here, here, here, here–her...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents 
• Series Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Section One Mapping Memory: Theorizing Recollection
• Section Two Searching for a Common Ground: Performance, Testimony, and Small Acts of Repair
• Section Three Memory and Migration
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Further Reading
• Index
• Imprint