Staging nationalism: essays on theatre and national identity

When A Nation Wants To Reconnect With A Sense Of National Identity, Its Cultural Celebrations, Including Its Theatre, Are Often Tinged With Nostalgia For A Cultural High Point In Its History. Leaders Often Try To Create A Neo-classical Cultural Identity. This Collection Of Essays Discusses The Relationship Between Political Power And The Construction Or Subversion Of Cultural Identity–provided By Publisher. Theatre And Nationalism : Introductory Remarks And Acknowledgements / Kiki Gounaridou — Reconstructing The Nation : Conflicting Cultural Imaginaries In Eighteenth-century Poland / Natalya Baldyga — Celebrating The Revolution While The King Is Still On The Throne : The Fall Of The Bastille And The Festival Of Federation (july 1790) / Scott Magelssen — Athenian Prologue To An American Theatre / Gary Jay Williams — Herder And European Theatre / S.e. Wilmer — Historical Avant-garde Performance And Japanese Nationalism / David Pellegrini — Remembering And Forgetting : Greek Tragedy As National History In Postwar Japan / Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei — The Critical Absence Of Indonesia In W.s. Rendra’s Village / Evan Darwin Winet — Robert Lepage : Product Of Québec? / Karen Fricker — Staging The Nation On The Ruins Of The Past : An Investigation Of Mexican Archeological Performance / Patricia Ybarra — The Corpse Of Algerian Identity : Achour Ouamara’s La Défunte (the Deceased) / Susan Haedicke. Edited By Kiki Gounaridou. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.