1st Edition
The Obscene Humour and Political Satire in Shadow Theatre Cases from China, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Slovenia, and the Ottoman Tradition
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Peri Efe
Ch 1. OBSCENE HUMOR AND BAWDINESS IN CHINESE SHADOW PLAYS AND THEIR RITUAL ROOTS
Fan Pen Chen
Ch 2. THE SATIRIC METHOD OF IBN DĀNIYĀL: MORALITY AND ANTI- MORALITY IN ‘ṬAYF AL-KHAYĀL’
Cyrus Ali Zargar
Ch 3. THE END OF POLITICAL SATIRE IN KARAGÖZ AND ORTAOYUNU
Ahmet Akşit
Ch 4. BAWDY KARAGÖZ OR LOST SPIRIT OF THE TIME
Hale Babadoğan-Kaya
Ch 5. TONGUE SLIT, WINGS CLIPPED: KARAGÖZ/KARAGIOZIS, A FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE
Linda S. Myrsiades
Ch 6. POLITICAL SATIRE AND SEXUAL ALLUSIONS IN GREEK SHADOW THEATRE (KARAGIOZIS): PROHIBITIONS AND CENSORSHIP. A FIRST APPROACH
Manolis Seiragakis-Anthi G. Chotzakoglou
Ch 7. OBSCENITY IN THE RECORDED KARAGÖZ AND KARAGIOZIS PLAYS
Peri Efe
Ch 8. KARAGIOZ IN SLOVENIA, POLITICS AND SUBCULTURE: STREET PERFORMANCE AND CIVIC RESISTANCE 2011-2022
Svetlana Slapšak
INDEX
Biography
Peri Efe completed her PhD in the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Vienna. Her publications include a compilation, a transcription, dossiers, articles and translations relating to her main areas of research: shadow theatre in Greece and the Ottoman Empire/Turkey, Turkish literature written in the Greek alphabet, and the cultural activities of the Phanariot elite.
