TY - BOOK AU - Holdsworth,Nadine TI - Theatre & nation T2 - Theatre& SN - 9780230218710 AV - PN2042 .H55 2010 U1 - 306.4/84 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Basingstoke, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - National characteristics in the theater KW - Theater and state KW - Theater KW - Political aspects KW - Theater and society KW - Drama KW - History and criticism KW - National characteristics in literature KW - Nationalism in literature N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -