International Theatre Festivals and Twenty-First-Century Interculturalism / Ric Knowles.
Ric Knowles' study is a politically urgent, erudite intervention into the ecology of theatre and performance festivals in an international context. Since the 1990s there has been an exponential increase in the number and type of festivals taking place around the world. Events that used merely t...
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| Other title: | International Theatre Festivals & Twenty-First-Century Interculturalism. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2021.
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| Series: | Theatre and performance theory.
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| Summary: | Ric Knowles' study is a politically urgent, erudite intervention into the ecology of theatre and performance festivals in an international context. Since the 1990s there has been an exponential increase in the number and type of festivals taking place around the world. Events that used merely to be events are now 'festivalized': structured, marketed, and promoted in ways that stress urban centres as tourist destinations and "creative cities" as targets of corporate enterprise. Ric Knowles examines the structure, content, and impact of international festivals that draw upon and represent multiple cultures and the roles they play in one of the most urgent processes of our times: intercultural negotiation and exchange. Covering a vast geographical sweep and exploring festival models both new and ancient, the work sets compelling new standards of practice for post-pandemic festivals. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Feb 2022) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource PDF file(s) |
| ISBN: | 1009043633 9781009043632 9781009050210 1009050214 |