Beschreibung:
What is globalization? What role is there for the theatre in a globalizing world?This original and provocative book explores the contribution that theatre has made to our slowly evolving consciousness of our world as a whole. Drawing on sources from Aeschylus to The Lion King, Chekhov to Complicite, tragedy to advertising, the book argues for theatre's importance as a site of resistance to the ruthless spread of the global market. Foreword by Mark Ravenhill.
Series Editors' Preface Foreword; Mark Ravenhill Artaud at the Balinese Theatre What is Globalization? Theatre and Globalization? It's the Economy, Stupid Karl Marx Nineteenth-century Globalization Twentieth-century Globalization Globalization: For and Against McTheatre A Short History of the Theatre Programme The Anti-globalization Movement Localization Cosmopolitanism Universals and Theatre Cosmopolitanism vs. Globalization Theatre& Cosmopolitanism Conclusion Further Reading Index.