The show and the gaze of theatre : a European perspective / Erika Fischer-Lichte ; [edited and translated by Jo Riley].

ISBN:

9781587290633

Title:

Author:

Fischer-Lichte, Erika.

Personal Author:

Fischer-Lichte, Erika.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 412 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

Studies in theatre history and culture

Studies in theatre history and culture.

Contents:

Introduction: theatre studies from a European perspective -- Theatre and the civilizing process: an approach to the history of acting -- Discovering the spectator: changes to the paradigm of theatre in the twentieth century -- From theatre to theatricality: how to construct reality -- What are the rules of the game? Some remarks on the yellow jacket -- The aesthetics of disruption: German theatre in the age of the media -- In search of a new theatre: retheatricalization as productive reception of far eastern theatre -- Familiar and foreign theatres: the intercultural trend in contemporary theatre -- Changing theatrical codes: toward a semiotics of intercultural performance.

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Subject Term:

Theater -- Philosophy.

Intercultural communication.

Added Author:

Riley, Jo.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

1997

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Summary

Theatre, in some respects, resembles a market. Stories, rituals, ideas, perceptive modes, conversations, rules, techniques, behavior patterns, actions, language, and objects constantly circulate back and forth between theatre and the other cultural institutions that make up everyday life in the twentieth century. These exchanges, which challenge the established concept of theatre in a way that demands to be understood, form the core of Erika Fischer-Lichte's dynamic book.

Each eclectic essay investigates the boundaries that separate theatre from other cultural domains. Every encounter between theatre and other art forms and institutions renegotiates and redefines these boundaries as part of an ongoing process. Drawing on a wealth of fascinating examples, both historical and contemporary, Fischer-Lichte reveals new perspectives in theatre research from quite a number of different approaches. Energetically and excitingly, she theorizes history, theorizes and historicizes performance analysis, and historicizes theory.