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Cambridge University Press Post-Imperial Brecht: Politics and Performance, East and South (Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre)

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Product Description Post-Imperial Brecht challenges prevailing views of Brecht's theatre and politics. Most political theatre critics place Brecht between West and East in the Cold War, and a few have recently explored Brecht's impact as a Northern writer on the global South. Loren Kruger is the first to argue that Brecht's impact as a political dramatist, director and theoretical writer makes full sense only when seen in a post-imperial framework that links the East/West axis between US capitalism and Soviet communism with the North/South axis of postcolonial resistance to imperialism. This framework highlights Brecht's arguments with theorists like Benjamin, Bloch, and Lukacs. It also shows surprising connections between socialist East Germany, where Brecht's 1950s projects impressed the emerging Heiner Müller, and apartheid-era South Africa, where his work appeared on the apartheid as well as anti-apartheid stage. Review '… the book presents a rich canvas of Brechtian theatre and presents material that is new, in a new way. Both Brecht scholars and scholars interested in political theatre (not only in the GDR and South Africa) will find this volume of great interest and offering a rewarding and complex analysis.' Monatshefte'… stimulating … Kruger helps open up fascinating territory with which we should all be better acquainted. … Informative and thought-provoking …' New Theatre Quarterly'Kruger excellently explicates the plays she uses as textual representations for these culturally discursive movements. Each chapter is unpacked through the close analysis of multiple dramatic pieces or theoretical publications, and the even balance between the text and its contexts is maintained throughout.' Medienwissenschaft'I particularly recommend reading the passages on Müller's plays and theatre productions … The book provides valuable insight into complex socio-cultural realities and the 'real history' of Marxist-orientated critical intellectuals … a highly recommendable contribution …' African Theatre Book Description Post-Imperial Brecht challenges prevailing views of Brecht's theatre and politics. About the Author Loren Kruger is a graduate of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Cornell University, and teaches the history and theory of drama and other cultural forms at the University of Chicago. She is the author of The National Stage (1992) and The Drama of South Africa (1999), and the editor of Lights and Shadows: The Autobiography of Leontine Sagan (1996), and of South African special issues of Theatre Journal and Theatre Research International.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 0521817080
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Performing Arts > Theatre > History & Criticism
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Release Date: 19 August 2004
Listed Since: 22 January 2007

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