1st Edition

Palestinians and Israelis in the Theatre

Edited By Dan Urian Copyright 1996
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

The Jewish-Israeli theatre is a complex and developed system in which the dispute with the Palestinians constitutes just one of the important components in its repertoire; while the Palestinian theatre, both within and outside of Israel, is being consolidated. This work brings together these two approaches by relating to the Palestinian theme as it appears in the Jewish-Israeli theatre and by... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction, Oppressed Spaces, Palestinian Theatre: Historical Development and Contemporary Distinctive Identity, “Hawajah Bialik” The Double Culture of the Israeli Arab in Hebrew Drama and the Israeli Theatre, On Theatre and Reality—on Theatre as Reality, The “Other” Will Arrive Tomorrow, Interview with Emil Habibi, Interview with Bushra Karaman, Chasing the Subject: The Tragic as Trope and Genre and the Politics of Israeli Drama, A Text in the Eyes of the Beholder: Four Theatrical Interpretations of Kanafani’s Men in the Sun, Between Text and Counter-Text: Theatre in Search of Political Meaning, A Diary of the Intifada by the Kibbutz Dance Company, Imprisoning the National Identity: The West Bank in The Smile of the Lamb (the Book and the Film) and Yellow Wind, Theatre and the Intifada, Bibliography, Bibliography, Notes on Contributors, Contemporary Theatre Review, Index

Biography

Dan Urian