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02942aam a2200385Ii 4500 001 C1C815CCED3011E78644BA0B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171230010220 008 160106t20162016enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1137538872 020 $a 9781137538871 035 $a (OCoLC)934194461 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d HTM $d TKN $d NYP $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 4 $a PN2041.W37 $b S74 2016 082 04 $a 809.2/93581 $2 23 100 1 $a Stevens, Lara. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016054554 245 10 $a Anti-war theatre after Brecht : $b dialectical aesthetics in the twenty-first century / $c Lara Stevens. 246 3 $a Anti-war theater after Brecht 246 30 $a Dialectical aesthetics in the twenty-first century 246 30 $a Dialectical aesthetics in the 21st century 264 1 $a London : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c [2016] 300 $a x, 224 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-218) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Performing the 'War on Terror' -- From epic to dialectical theatre -- Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul and Only we who guard the mystery shall be unhappy -- The TheÌaÌtre du Soleil's Le dernier caravanseÌrail -- Caryl Churchill's Iraq.doc and Seven Jewish children: a play for Gaza -- Elfriede Jelinek's Bambiland -- Conclusion. 520 $a "Examining the ways in which contemporary Western theatre protests against the 'War on Terror', this book analyses six twenty-first century plays that respond to the post-9/11 military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine. The plays are written by some of the most significant writers of this century and the last including Elfriede Jelinek, Caryl Churchill, HeÌleÌne Cixous and Tony Kushner. Anti-war theatre after Brecht grapples with the problem of how to make theatre that protests the policies of democratically elected Western governments in a post-Marxist era. It shows how the Internet has become a key tool for disseminating anti-war play texts and how online social media forums are changing traditional dramatic aesthetics and broadening opportunities for spectator access, engagement and interaction with a work and the political alternatives it puts forward"--Back cover. 650 0 $a War on Terrorism, 2001-2009, in literature. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011003072 650 0 $a War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 $x Theater and the war. 650 0 $a Theater $x History $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Political plays $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a War and theater. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004009080 650 0 $a Theater and social media. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2015002196 650 7 $a War and theater. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01736385 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213013946.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C1C815CCED3011E78644BA0B97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search