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Offers the first full-scale and comprehensive argument for why theatre scholars and students should abandon an obsolete Eurocentric version of theatre history in favour of a more global perspective
Moves beyond the conventional nation-based approach to geography in favour of a regional geography of theatre
Outlines a chronology that recognizes the often-connected developments in theatre across Eurasia and around the world
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, USA
Steve Tillis
About the author
Steve Tillis is the author of Toward an Aesthetics of the Puppet (1992) and Rethinking Folk Drama (1999), as well as articles on world theatre history published in Theatre History Studies, New Theatre Quarterly, Theatre Survey, Theatre Topics, TDR: The Drama Review, and Asian Theatre Journal. He currently teaches at Saint Mary’s College of California, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Challenge of World Theatre History
Authors: Steve Tillis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48343-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48342-5Published: 20 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48345-6Published: 20 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48343-2Published: 19 September 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 320
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Performing Arts, Global/International Theatre and Performance, Theatre History