Theatre and the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Identity, Resistance and Contested Narratives

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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This book delves into the complex narratives surrounding the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian dispute through the unique lens of theatre. This ground-breaking exploration employs postcolonial theory to analyze a diverse array of theatrical works by Israeli, Palestinian, and Western playwrights. By juxtaposing portrayals of significant events such as the Nakba or the Israeli War of Independence, the Intifadas, and the experiences of diaspora and exile, Harras provides a nuanced examination of how these events are represented on stage. The book reveals the profound impact of language in constructing and contesting historical narratives and underscores theatre's role as a space for cultural critique and self-reflection. This comprehensive study offers new insights into the power of artistic expression to challenge historical dichotomies and encourage a deeper understanding of this enduring conflict. Essential for scholars of Postcolonial Studies, Middle East Studies, and the Performing Arts, this work invites readers to reconsider the conflict through the transformative lens of theatre.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-02-20
Mått156 x 238 x 18 mm
Vikt500 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor232
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781788311274

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AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter One: The ‘Beginning’ of Rhetoric in Narrative and its Materialization on land in Ali Ahmed Bkhathir’s The New Shaylok and Burhan al-Din Al-Aboushi The Martyr’s HomelandChapter Two: Theorizing Resistance and Liberation in Postcolonial Studies in the Context of the First Palestinian Intifada’s Theatrical NarrativeChapter Three: Imagining Jewish Diaspora, Writing Palestinian Shatat (taghreaba) Chapter Four: Occidental Representations of the Conflict: Narrating the Israeli/ Palestinian Conflict in The Metropolitan Theatre of Europe and North AmericaConclusion: Theatre, Postcolonial Literary Studies and destabilizing Zionist RhetoricAppendix 1Bibliography

The intellectual focus of this book consists of reading Israeli and Palestinian theatrical literary responses to key events in the history of Israel-Palestine alongside each other. This serves to expose profoundly the incommensurability of the power-divided narratives generated by colonisation. The wide-ranging study brings to light over-looked sources and further attends to international responses to the conflict. It is a ground-breaking work of crucial timely relevance, and also very moving in its treatment of theatre as an archive of emotions.

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