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Represents the first major account of Palestinian theatre covering the last thirty years
Rests upon original fieldwork (interviews, participant observation, performance analysis and case studies) carried out in the West Bank
Places the voices of theatre-makers at the centre of its enquiry
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
“Varghese’s book meets these difficult tasks with aplomb and erudition, an impressive feat considering the book’s readability and its brisk 166 pages. … The book is thus a valuable contribution to a field and a cultural practice … . It gives an in-depth overview of theater in the West Bank while remaining accessible. The book will be useful to the study of contemporary global theater, to students and teachers of Palestinian culture, and to anyone interested … .” (Faisal Hamadah, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 51 (1), 2022)
“As a reader, I feel he delivers a scholarship not only on theatre but also, and most importantly, I argue, a scholarship on the lived experience in Palestine. His narrative becomes a counterpublic and the book challenges and disrupts the Zionist public sphere. If a researcher on theatrical productions turns into a political activist after reading this book, I would not be surprised.” (Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies, Vol. 19 (2), 2020)
“Palestinian Theatre in the West Bank: Our Human Faces enriches existing studies on the subject of Palestine and Palestinian cultural resistance since the first Intifada by offering a much-needed perspective on the role that Palestinian theatre in the West Bank plays in this context. As such, it is an important study for anyone interested in the relationship between culture and politics in the Middle East.” (Isabelle Hesse, Contemporary Levant, August 19, 2020)
“I recommend this book not only to the cohort of researchers and students interested in the subject but also to general public who want to learn about Palestinian theatre specifically or Palestine and the Palestinian cause generally.” (Tiran Manucharyan, Studies in Theatre and Performance, June 8, 2020)
Authors and Affiliations
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The Kenyon Institute (Council for British Research in the Levant), East Jerusalem, Palestine, State of
Gabriel Varghese
About the author
Gabriel Varghese is an associate research fellow at the Kenyon Institute (Council for British Research in the Levant) in East Jerusalem. His research engages with anti-/post-/de-colonial theatre, performance and literature, and the questions they raise about social movements, dramaturgies of urban life, and regimes of gender, sexuality and race. He is also a playwright, theatre director, and co-artistic director of Sandpit Arts, an award-winning platform for producing film, music and performance events. He holds a PhD in Drama from the University of Exeter.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Palestinian Theatre in the West Bank
Book Subtitle: Our Human Faces
Authors: Gabriel Varghese
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30247-4
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: 978-3-030-30246-7Published: 23 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30249-8Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-30247-4Published: 21 March 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 166
Topics: National/Regional Theatre and Performance, Contemporary Theatre