Call Number
PN2960.S9 Z58 2015
ISBN
9781137358974
Reference Only
Off
Number of Pages
259
Library of Congress Subject Heading
Theater -- Syria -- History
Library of Congress Subject Heading 2
Theater -- Political aspects -- Syria -- History
Abstract
Political Performance in Syria, charts the history of a theatre that has sought the expansion of civil society and imagined alternate political realities. In doing so, the manuscript situates the current use of performance and theatre by artists of the Syrian Revolution within a long history of political contestation.
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