Del i serien Israel: Society, Culture, and History

Acco Festival

Between Celebration and Confrontation

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This research follows the history of Akko Festival for Other Israeli Theatre in the years 1980-2012 as a site of a celebration as well as a confrontation. Thus Akko Festival is a borderland bringing together established directors and producers from the center of the field with young and alternative artists outside of it, as well as bringing together the center's cultural hegemony and Akko's residents periphery lower-class Jews and Arabs. The research is based on approach of five aspects and their tight links and interrelations to investigate the festival: 1) artistic direction; 2) performance repertoire; 3) organization, budget and infrastructure; 4) reception; 5) host community.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-09-08
Mått155 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt534 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieIsrael: Society, Culture, and History
Antal sidor244
FörlagAcademic Studies Press
ISBN9781618115119

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Teater inom Kultur
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Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Artistic Direction and the Political: Exception Takes the Stage? Chapter Two: Performance Repertoire: Representations of Social Conflicts Chapter Three: Organization, Budget, and Infrastructure: Between Center and Periphery Chapter Four: Festival Reception: Judgment, Criticism, and Audience Chapter Five: Host Community: Policy and Resistance References

The significance of the Acco Festival as a hub of artistic and social provocations can hardly be overestimated. Naphtaly Shem-Tov’s book offers an overview of three decades of avant-garde performances, including their controversial themes and innovative settings. Politics is the analytical key to the repertoire as well as to the organization of the festival. In addition, the role of Acco as the host community is carefully investigated. Altogether, an exemplary way of presenting this influential theatre festival.”