Performing Religion on the Secular Stage

Performing Religion on the Secular Stage
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 122
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ISBN-10 : 9781000894943
ISBN-13 : 1000894940
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Book Synopsis Performing Religion on the Secular Stage by : Sharon Aronson-Lehavi

Download or read book Performing Religion on the Secular Stage written by Sharon Aronson-Lehavi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-02 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the relations between Western religion, secularism, and modern theater and performance. Sharon Aronson-Lehavi posits that the ongoing cultural power of religious texts, icons, and ideas on the one hand and the artistic freedom enabled by secularism and avant-garde experimentalism on the other, has led theatre artists throughout the twentieth century to create a uniquely modern theatrical hybrid–theater performances that simultaneously re-inscribe and grapple with religion and religious performativity. The book compares this phenomenon with medieval forms of religious theater and offers deep and original analyses of significant contemporary works ranging from plays and performances by August Strindberg, Hugo Ball (Dada), Jerzy Grotowski, and Hanoch Levin, to those created by Adrienne Kennedy, Rina Yerushalmi, Deb Margolin, Milo Rau, and Sarah Ruhl. The book analyzes a new and original historiography of a uniquely modern theatrical phenomenon, a study that is of high importance considering the reemergence of religion in contemporary culture and politics.


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