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Author Lease, Bryce, author.

Title After '89 : polish theatre and the political / Bryce Lease.

Publication Info. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
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Series Theatre : theory, practice, performance
Theatre (Manchester, England)
Note Introduction: really existing democracy 1. The move to neoliberalism 2. No more heroes 3. Beyond a Teatr Kobiecy 4. Gay emancipation and queer counterpublics 5. Rethinking Polish/Jewish relations 6. Equivalencies of exclusion Index.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Introduction: really existing democracy; Political names; Transformations of the political; Defining the political theatre; Overview; Notes; 1 The move to neoliberalism; Shock therapy; Corporeal readings; Teatr na lewo; Notes; 2 No more heroes; Eschewing patriotism; Contesting Romanticism; Solidarity in dispute; Notes; 3 Beyond a teatr kobiecy; Difficult optimism; Gendered subjects; Beyond the nuclear; Notes.
4 Gay emancipation and queer counterpublicsProducing counterpublics; Challenging politics; Future potentials; Notes; 5 Rethinking Polish/Jewish relations; Memory and repetition; Who is our class?; Collusion and guilt; Dybbuks; Postmemory; Polin/Polonia; Notes; 6 Equivalencies of exclusion; In Desert and Wilderness; Phallic divestiture; Trans-European migration; Notes; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary This book provides an exceptional introduction to Polish theatre since the fall of communism, exploring how theatre goes beyond norms and nationalistic concepts to intersect with politics, feminism, queer identities, the rise in anti-Semitism, ethnicities and history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index.
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Subject Theater -- Poland -- History -- 20th century.
Theater.
Poland.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Theater -- Poland -- History -- 21st century.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject Theater -- Political aspects -- Poland.
Theater -- Political aspects.
Chronological Term 1900-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Delgado, Maria M., editor.
Gale, Maggie B., editor.
Other Form: Print version: 9781784992958
ISBN 9781526101051 (electronic book)
152610105X (electronic book)
9781526101044 (electronic book)
1526101041 (electronic book)
9781784992958 (hardback)
178499295X