The Spectre of Tradition and the Aesthetic-Political Movement of Theatre and Performance: An Intercultural Perspective

This book explores the phenomenon of tradition in a dialogical debate with Western thinkers and critical minds from an intercultural perspective, focusing on the transnational and transcultural consecration, translation, (re)invention, and displacement of traditions in twentieth-century theatre and performance. It examines the question of traditions and modernities at the center of this aesthetic-political space, the applicability of its intercultural perspective to the historical avant-garde, postmodern, postcolonial, and postdramatic theatre and performance, and the future of tradition in the ecology of our globalized theatrum mundi.

Format: Hardback
Length: 286 pages
Publication date: 25 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive exploration delves into the intricate phenomenon of tradition, engaging in a lively dialogue with a diverse array of Western thinkers and critical minds. Unlike the predominantly Western approaches that often view traditions, both Western and non-Western, through a modernist lens, this book takes an intercultural approach, examining the transnational and transcultural consecration, translation, (re)invention, and displacement of traditions in the aesthetic-political movement of twentieth-century theatre and performance. Through a series of case studies, it explores the complex interplay between traditions and modernities at the heart of this dynamic space, highlighting how modernities interculturally evoke and are haunted by traditions, while traditions are simultaneously interculturally refracted, reconstructed, reimagined, and reinvented.

Moreover, the book extends its intercultural perspective on tradition to encompass the historical avant-garde, postmodern, postcolonial, and postdramatic theatre and performance, as well as the twentieth-century classical intercultural theatre and the twenty-first-century new interculturalisms in theatre and performance. In conclusion, it examines the future of tradition within the context of our globalized theatrum mundi and considers two crucial interrelated concepts: future tradition and intercultural tradition. This book is a valuable resource for students and scholars in the field of performance studies, offering a rich and multifaceted perspective on the enduring significance of tradition in the world of theatre and performance.

Weight: 700g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032146959