Performing unification : history and nation in German theater after 1989 / Matt Cornish.
Performing unification : history and nation in German theater after 1989 / Matt Cornish.
Performing unification : history and nation in German theater after 1989 / Matt Cornish.
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Publisher
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
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G 2020/0882
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Language
English
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Physical content
vii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: Berlin, Alexanderplatz -- History and nation in German drama before 1989 -- Unification as drama -- Western playwrights and counternarratives of unification -- Allegory and antiallegory in the Ost -- Eastern directors and postdramatic historiography -- Performing archives and museums in th...
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Publisher
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
Michigan
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"Since the moment after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the most important German theater artists have created plays and productions about unification. Some have challenged how German history is written, while others opposed the very act of storytelling. Performing Unification examines how German directors, playwrights, and theater groups incl...
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Performing unification : history and nation in German theater after 1989 / Matt Cornish.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2017
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G 2020/0882
Record Identifier
74VKaZoNQmmb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZoNQmmb
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ISBN
9780472130450 (hardcover alkaline paper)
0472130455 (hardcover alkaline paper)
DDC
832.9209
MMS ID
991024292376402626
