Theater In The Middle East

Author : Babak Rahimi
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-27
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781785274480

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Theater in the Middle East by Babak Rahimi Pdf

The collected essays from noteworthy dramatists and scholars in this book represent new ways of understanding theater in the Middle East not as geographical but transcultural spaces of performance. What distinguishes this book from previous works is that it offers new analysis on a range of theatrical practices across a region, by and large, ignored for the history of its dramatic traditions and cultures, and it does so by emphasizing diverse performances in changing contexts. Topics include Arab, Iranian, Israeli, diasporic theatres from pedagogical perspectives to reinvention of traditions, from translation practices to political resistance expressed in various performances from the nineteenth century to the present.

Author : Paolo Petrocelli
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781527539785

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The Evolution of Opera Theatre in the Middle East and North Africa by Paolo Petrocelli Pdf

This book is the first structured and complete research work undertaken on opera theatres across the entire Middle East and North Africa. Until now, no single study has looked at every theatrical and musical institute in these countries. Many of the opera theatres that are examined here have had very little written about them at all. This work fills this void in order to provide scholars and practitioners in the sector with the first reference work on the subject that will help our understanding of the evolutionary process that has led—and continues to lead—all the countries in the MENA region to equip themselves with an opera theatre.

Author : Li Guo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-17
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789004436152

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Arabic Shadow Theatre 1300-1900 by Li Guo Pdf

This handbook aims at a history of Arabic shadow theatre from the earliest sightings in the tenth century to the turn of the twentieth century. At the core is an analytical documentation of all the known textual remnants and the preserved artifacts of this rich and still living tradition.

Author : Sherifa Zuhur
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN : 9774244672

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Images of Enchantment by Sherifa Zuhur Pdf

This original and multidimensional book brings a refreshing new approach to the study of the arts of the Middle East. By dealing in one volume with dance, music, painting, and cinema, as experienced and practiced not only within the Middle East but also abroad, Images of Enchantment breaks down the artificial distinctions--of form, geography, 'high' and 'low' art, performer and artist--that are so often used to delineate the subjects and processes of Middle Eastern artistic culture. The eighteen essays in this book cover themes as diverse as Bedouin dance, the music of Arab Americans, cinema in Egypt and Iran, Hollywood representations of the Middle East, and contemporary Sudanese painting. The contributions come from scholars and critics and from the artists themselves. Together, they present a wide-ranging and holistic view of the arts in their social, political, anthropological, and gender contexts. Contributors: Walter Armbrust, Farida Ben Lyazid, Kay Hardy Campbell, Virginia Danielson, Marjorie Franken, Sondra Hale, Carolee Kent, Hamid Naficy, Salwa Mikdadi Nashashibi, Anne K. Rasmussen, Selim Sednaoui, Simon Shaheen, Rebecca Stone, Chaïbia Talal, Karin Van Nieuwkerk, William Young, Sherifa Zuhur.

Author : Babak Rahimi
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-27
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781785274473

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Theater in the Middle East by Babak Rahimi Pdf

The collected essays from noteworthy dramatists and scholars in this book represent new ways of understanding theater in the Middle East not as geographical but transcultural spaces of performance. What distinguishes this book from previous works is that it offers new analysis on a range of theatrical practices across a region, by and large, ignored for the history of its dramatic traditions and cultures, and it does so by emphasizing diverse performances in changing contexts. Topics include Arab, Iranian, Israeli, diasporic theatres from pedagogical perspectives to reinvention of traditions, from translation practices to political resistance expressed in various performances from the nineteenth century to the present.

Author : Jean Cocteau
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1978-03-21
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780313200540

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Maalesh by Jean Cocteau Pdf

Author : Sabrina Mahfouz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-19
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350156852

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A History of Water in the Middle East by Sabrina Mahfouz Pdf

Can you hear it, the hiss of water wiggling its way out into the world uncaptured, wasted, wanton? British-Egyptian Sabrina Mahfouz grew up with ambitions of being a spy. She has two passports, speaks two languages and has a cultural understanding of two very different countries. But when it came to applying for MI6, it turned out she wasn't quite British enough. So now she's on her own intelligence mission – to explore who really holds the power in and over the Middle East. In a world long obsessed with access to oil, will water soon become the natural resource that dictates control, or has it been all along? A History of Water in the Middle East journeys across twelve different countries using theatre, poetry and music to share stories of women across the region. From the British Imperialist ownership of natural resources, to the environmental urgency of the present, water has shaped lives, policies and fortunes – and it will shape all of our futures. This edition published to coincide with the premiere at the Royal Court in October 2019.

Author : Gail McMurray Gibson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0226291022

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The Theater of Devotion by Gail McMurray Gibson Pdf

In this interdisciplinary study of drama, arts, and spirituality, Gail Gibson provides a provocative reappraisal of fifteenth-century English theater through a detailed portrait of the flourishing cultures of Suffolk and Norfolk. By emphasizing the importance of the Incarnation of Christ as a model and justification for late medieval drama and art, Gibson challenges currently held views of the secularization of late medieval culture.

Author : Michael Malek Najjar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350117044

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Middle Eastern American Theatre by Michael Malek Najjar Pdf

Middle Eastern American Theatre explores the burgeoning Middle Eastern American theatre movement with a focus on Arab American, Jewish American, Armenian American, Iranian American, and Turkish American theatres, playwrights, directors, and actors. By exploring the rich religious and cultural heritage of this diverse group - which includes Arabs, Armenians, Iranians, Jews, and Turks - and religions that include the Baha'i faith, Christianity, Chaldean, Druze, Ishik Alevism, Judaism, Islam, Mandaeism, Samaratin, Shabakism, Yazidi, and Zoroastrianism - the rich and paradoxical nature of the term 'Middle Eastern' is interrogated through the dramas written and performed by those in the Diaspora. Featuring a clear introduction and examination of the context and the various push and pull factors that have contributed to the mass migrations to North America - including the so-called “Great Migration” of 1890-1915, the Armenian Genocide, the European Holocaust, the two world wars, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and other social and political conflicts. With chapters devoted to Arab American, Israeli American, Iranian American and Turkish American theatre, Middle Eastern American Theatre traces the history and examines the work of key artists and directors including Heather Raffo, Yussef El Guindi, Jamil Khoury, Mona Mansour, Danny Bryck, Ken Kaissar, Ari Roth, Torange Yeghiazarian, Reza Abdoh, Sedef Ecer, Torange Yeghiazarian, of Golden Thread Productions, and Jamil Khoury, of Silk Road Rising. The volume provides readers with a deeper and more nuanced understanding of millions of Middle Eastern Americans, and how they have contributed to American theatre today.

Author : Jacob M. Landau
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317246268

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Studies in the Arab Theater and Cinema by Jacob M. Landau Pdf

The Arab theatre and cinema are among the most neglected subjects in the studies of Oriental literature and research into the history of theatre. This book, written by the acclaimed scholar Jacob M. Landau and first published in 1958, is a survey of the development of the Arab theatre and cinema as cultural and social phenomena and goes a long way in shedding some light on these neglected subjects.

Author : Dina A. Amin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015082650824

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Alfred Farag and Egyptian Theater by Dina A. Amin Pdf

As one of Egyptian theater’s leading contempo-rary playwrights, Alfred Farag has had a profound influence on shaping Arabic drama and Egyptian cultural politics during the past five decades. His plays interrogate the human condition, exposing the struggles of nonheroic individuals faced with political, social, and economic abuse. Farag’s dramatic themes, his tireless campaign to democratize the theater, and his encouragement of cultural awareness in the remote and rural regions of Egypt as well as the cities led to his battles with censorship, imprisonment, and exile. This remarkable writer’s indomitable spirit is clearly displayed by spending significant time while imprisoned writing plays for performances by his fellow prisoners. In the first book-length examination of his work in English, Dina Amin chronicles Farag’s career and offers a critical perspective on his creative output and the condition of Egyptian theater in the 1970s through the 1990s. Farag is best known for the folkloric and neorealist plays he produced during the sixties, but critics have consistently overlooked the immense body of work produced in the thirty years that followed. Filling that gap, Amin offers an account of the sophisticated development of his later work, revealing his bold experimentation and successful embrace of modernist, absurdist, and postmodern styles. With fresh insight, Amin contextualizes these works within Farag’s own creative history and the larger history of Arabic theater. This critical text includes four complete short plays and a monologue translated for the first time into En-glish and will bring a much-deserved wider audience to the work of this extraordinary dramatist.

Author : Naphtaly Shem-Tov
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351009065

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Israeli Theatre by Naphtaly Shem-Tov Pdf

This book conceptualizes Mizrahi (Middle Eastern Jewish) theatre, unfolding its performances in the field of Israeli theatre with a critical gaze. It covers the conceptualization and typology, not along a chronological axis, but rather through seven theatrical forms. The author suggests a defi nition of Mizrahi theatre that has fl uid boundaries and it can encompass various possibilities for self-representation onstage. Although Mizrahi theatre began to develop in the 1970s, the years since the turn of the millennium have seen an intense flowering of theatrical works by second- and third-generation artists dealing with issues of identity and narrative in a diverse array of forms. Mizrahi theatre is a cultural locus of self-representation, generally created by Mizrahi artists who deal with content, social experiences, cultural, religious, and traditional foundations, and artistic languages derived from the history and social reality of Mizrahi Jews in both Israel and their Middle Eastern countries of origin. Critically surveying Mizrahi theatre in Israel, the book is a key resource for students and academics interested in theatre and performance studies, and Jewish and Israeli studies.

Author : Linda Ben-Zvi
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0472106074

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Theater in Israel by Linda Ben-Zvi Pdf

The first book-length investigation of theater and drama in Israel

Author : S. Kuftinec
Publisher : Springer
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230239449

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Theatre, Facilitation, and Nation Formation in the Balkans and Middle East by S. Kuftinec Pdf

How might theatre intervene in violent inter-ethnic conflicts? This book addresses this question through detailed case studies in the Balkans and the Middle East, showing how theatrical facilitations model ways that ethnic oppositions can move towards ethical relationships.

Author : Don Rubin (Series Editor)
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134929849

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World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre Volume 4: The Arab World by Don Rubin (Series Editor) Pdf

One of the first internationally published overviews of theatrical activity across the Arab World. Includes 160,000 words and over 125 photographs from 22 different Arab countries from Africa to the Middle East.