Overview
- Winner of the Joe A. Callaway Prize 2016
Part of the book series: Studies in International Performance (STUDINPERF)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Reviews
“Ziter has done a service to students and scholars of theatre who would like to know more about the stories they see on the news and the relationship of art to the civil war. Though this is only one frame through which to view the range of performance traditions in Syria, it is a timely one and one that deserves attention.” (George Potter, Theatre Survey, Vol. 57 (2), May, 2016)
“The book adequately documents performed passages that will be very familiar to those who grew up watching the collaborations of al-Maghut and Duraid Lahham. The book is clearly intended almost exclusively for the non-Arab theater artist or scholar. … This book will serve as an excellent introduction for theater scholars, particularly those seeking a working model for researching and writing about Arab culture.” (Samer Al-Saber, SCTIW Review, sctiw.org, February, 2016)
“Edward Ziter’s Political Performance in Syria is a well-researched and remarkable book, tracing terror and performance across forty years under the Assad regimes. The book’s intense and provocative configuration of performance is haunted by an overwhelming desire to account for a comparative study of performances across national, cultural, social, and political borders … . Ziter’s insightful book spawns some of the best scholarship on Syrian political theatre and is a valuable contribution to the fields of politics and performance.” (Mohamed El Mejdki, Theatre Journal, Vol. 67 (4), December, 2015)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Edward Ziter is Associate Professor of Theatre History and Chair of the Department of Drama at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, USA. He is author of The Orient on the Victorian Stage and articles in Theatre Research International, TDR, Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, The Wordsworth Circle, and numerous anthologies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Performance in Syria
Book Subtitle: From the Six-Day War to the Syrian Uprising
Authors: Edward Ziter
Series Title: Studies in International Performance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137358981
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-35897-4Published: 04 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-47141-6Published: 01 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-35898-1Published: 04 November 2014
Series ISSN: 2947-4949
Series E-ISSN: 2947-4957
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 259
Topics: Performing Arts, Theatre History, Middle Eastern Culture, Theatre and Performance Studies, Arts