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Performance and cosmopolitics : cross-cultural transactions in Australasia

Performance and Cosmopolitics, now available in paperback, is a pioneering study of cross-cultural theatre in the Australasian region, positioned within the broader context of a global performing arts market and continued international interest in the traditions and aesthetics of non-Western cultures. Gilbert and Lo deploy the concept of cosmopolitanism as a unique window into mainstream, avant-garde and community arts practices ranging from the 1850s to the present day. Arguing that indigenization and Asianization have constituted key strategies for forging Australian theatre's current cosmopolitan credentials, the book maps the history and impact of these processes and features detailed case studies to draw out their aesthetic, commercial, political and ethical dimensons. While this study is grounded in a specific regional history and politics, it also serves as a paradigmatic study of cross-cultural arts transactions. By focusing on theatre's particular traditions of corporeality and presence, Performance and Cosmopolitics challenges some of the foundational principles of cosmopolitanism and asserts that its claim to a 'disinterested' global citizenship falters when confronted with the realpolitik of bodily praxis.

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  • "Distinction and it makes an excellent contribution to the re-reading of over thirty years of Australian and Australasian performance.' - Geoffrey Milne, Australasian Drama Studies '...this book offers an important corrective to the increasingly abstract theories on global citizenship. This is an illuminating and welcome addition to the literature - both on cross-cultural theatre and on Australasian cosmopolitanism.' - Jisha Menon, Alt.theatre."
  • "Performance and Cosmopolitics, now available in paperback, is a pioneering study of cross-cultural theatre in the Australasian region, positioned within the broader context of a global performing arts market and continued international interest in the traditions and aesthetics of non-Western cultures. Gilbert and Lo deploy the concept of cosmopolitanism as a unique window into mainstream, avant-garde and community arts practices ranging from the 1850s to the present day. Arguing that indigenization and Asianization have constituted key strategies for forging Australian theatre's current cosmopolitan credentials, the book maps the history and impact of these processes and features detailed case studies to draw out their aesthetic, commercial, political and ethical dimensons. While this study is grounded in a specific regional history and politics, it also serves as a paradigmatic study of cross-cultural arts transactions. By focusing on theatre's particular traditions of corporeality and presence, Performance and Cosmopolitics challenges some of the foundational principles of cosmopolitanism and asserts that its claim to a 'disinterested' global citizenship falters when confronted with the realpolitik of bodily praxis.--Résumé de l'éditeur."
  • "Winner of the Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies Rob Jordan prize Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Gleebooks Prize and Biennial Prize for Literary Scholarship 'This brisk and succinct narrative inflects and counters the valorization of cosmopolitanism in global cultural discourse. Its major achievement is to locate diverse cosmopolitan practices within the embattled national imaginary of Australasian theatre. In countering official nationalism and legitimized xenophobia at intensely local and regional levels, it offers substantial evidence of how cosmopolitics can be put into practice at ground levels. This book is immediate and relevant.' - Rustom Bharucha, author of The Politics of Cultural Practice and Theatre and the World 'This is an important book for the breadth of discussion of theatre work that it offers...The book provides a priceless record of a great deal of neglected, ephemeral and courageous theatre practice.-"
  • "This ground-breaking study of cross-cultural theatre in the Australasian region focuses on theatrical events and practices in avant-garde and mainstream contexts. It explores the cultural and political dimensions of Australia's engagement with Asia and sheds light on international arts marketing and trends in cross-cultural performance training."
  • "It is particularly valuable in its ground-breaking study of Asian-Australian theatre-a topic which has here for the first time been given the attention that it so clearly deserves.' - Adrian Kiernander, Tom Burvill and Maryrose Casey, Rob Jordan Prize committee, Australasian Drama Studies Association, Australia 'Their [Gilbert and Lo] comprehensive and detailed research will surely make this volume an indispensable resource in Australian theatre scholarship, and a valuable case study for scholars of other national theatres, but the methodological contribution the book makes to performance studies is doubly significant.' - Margaret Werry, The Drama Review 'Gilbert and Lo have made a sophisticated, nuanced, and carefully situated contribution to the cosmopolitics of cross-cultural performance that is required reading for anyone interested in Australian theatre, or in cross-cultural performance anywhere.' - Ric Knowles, Theatre Journal '...this really is a book of considerable-"
  • "Performance and Cosmopolitics, now available in paperback, is a pioneering study of cross-cultural theatre in the Australasian region, positioned within the broader context of a global performing arts market and continued international interest in the traditions and aesthetics of non-Western cultures. Gilbert and Lo deploy the concept of cosmopolitanism as a unique window into mainstream, avant-garde and community arts practices ranging from the 1850s to the present day. Arguing that indigenization and Asianization have constituted key strategies for forging Australian theatre's current cosmopolitan credentials, the book maps the history and impact of these processes and features detailed case studies to draw out their aesthetic, commercial, political and ethical dimensons. While this study is grounded in a specific regional history and politics, it also serves as a paradigmatic study of cross-cultural arts transactions. By focusing on theatre's particular traditions of corporeality and presence, Performance and Cosmopolitics challenges some of the foundational principles of cosmopolitanism and asserts that its claim to a 'disinterested' global citizenship falters when confronted with the realpolitik of bodily praxis."@en
  • "This ground-breaking study of cross-cultural theatre in the Australasian region focuses on theatrical events and practices in avant-garde and mainstream contexts. It explores the cultural and political dimensions of Australia's engagement with Asia and sheds light on international arts marketing and trends in cross-cultural performance training. Performance and Cosmopolitics, now available in paperback, is a pioneering study of cross-cultural theatre in the Australasian region, positioned within the broader context of a global performing arts market and continued international interest in the traditions and aesthetics of non-Western cultures. Gilbert and Lo deploy the concept of cosmopolitanism as a unique window into mainstream, avant-garde and community arts practices ranging from the 1850s to the present day. Arguing that indigenization and Asianization have constituted key strategies for forging Australian theatre's current cosmopolitan credentials, the book maps the history and impact of these processes and features detailed case studies to draw out their aesthetic, commercial, political and ethical dimensons. While this study is grounded in a specific regional history and politics, it also serves as a paradigmatic study of cross-cultural arts transactions. By focusing on theatre's particular traditions of corporeality and presence, Performance and Cosmopolitics challenges some of the foundational principles of cosmopolitanism and asserts that its claim to a 'disinterested' global citizenship falters when confronted with the realpolitik of bodily praxis."

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  • "Elektronisches Buch"
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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Cross-cultural studies"

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  • "Performance and Cosmopolitics Cross-Cultural Transactions in Australasia"
  • "Performance and cosmopolitics : cross-cultural transactions in Australasia"@en
  • "Performance and cosmopolitics : cross-cultural transactions in Australasia"
  • "Performance and cosmopolitics cross-cultural transactions in Australasia"
  • "Performance and cosmopolitics cross-cultural transactions in Australasia"@en

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