Theatre and performance in small nations / edited by Steve Blandford.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Location, Location, Location: Plays and Realities: Living Between the Pre-modern and the Postmodern in Irish Theatre; Chapter 2: Processes and Interactive Events: Theatre and Scottish Devolution; Chapter 3: Theatre and Performance in a Devolved Wales; Chapter 4: Contemporary Catalan Theatre and Identity: The Haunted Mirrors of Catalan Directors' Shakespeares; Chapter 5: Tales from the Wild East; Chapter 6: A National Theatre in New Zealand? Why/Not?

Chapter 7: Between Pride and Shame: A Dialogic Consideration of Honour Bound and Reconciliation! What's the Story? in Pursuit of an Australian National IdentityChapter 8: Under the Radar: Latin@/Hispanic Theatre in North Texas; Chapter 9: Challenging Racial Categorisation Through Theatre: English-language Theatre in Malaysia; Chapter 10: From Springtime Erotics to Micro-nationalism: Altering Landscapes and Sentiments of the Assamese Bihu dance in North-east India; Index; Back Cover.

Many commentators have routinely referred to theatre and, to an extent, all forms of live performance as particularly appropriate to the discussion of national identity. Put simply, the act of live performance itself draws attention to the idea that identities are performed and that different versions of identity can compete for our attention or allegiance. This collection of chapters from a wide variety of contexts will of course seek primarily to open up questions regarding the validity of the very category of 'small nation' and the role of theatre and performance in such contexts. While it.

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