Theatre & nation / Nadine Holdsworth.
Series: Theatre&Publication details: Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. Description: xi, 89 p. ; 18 cmISBN: 9780230218710; 0230218717Other title: Theatre and nation | Theater and nationSubject(s): National characteristics in the theater | Theater and state | Theater -- Political aspects | Theater and society | Drama -- History and criticism | National characteristics in literature | Nationalism in literatureDDC classification: 306.4/84 LOC classification: PN2042 | .H55 2010
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Summary: "Throughout the history of the nation-state, theatre has contributed to the construction and reappraisal of the nation and national identities. This book argues that ideas of the nation are constantly in flux and explores the way theatre engages with such changes according to different geographical, political, economic, social and cultural climates"--
Nation, national identity and nationalism -- National theatres and state-of-the nation plays -- Nations under duress -- National iconography -- Cosmopolitanism : beyond the nation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nation, national identity and nationalism -- National theatres and state-of-the nation plays -- Nations under duress -- National iconography -- Cosmopolitanism : beyond the nation.
"Throughout the history of the nation-state, theatre has contributed to the construction and reappraisal of the nation and national identities. This book argues that ideas of the nation are constantly in flux and explores the way theatre engages with such changes according to different geographical, political, economic, social and cultural climates"--