Performance, Space, Utopia [electronic resource] : Cities of War, Cities of Exile /
Jestrovic, S.author.
Over 20 years after the war in Yugoslavia, this book looks back at its two most iconic cities and the phenomenon of exile emerging as a consequence of living in them in the 1990s. It uses examples ranging from street interventions to theatre performances to explore the making of urban counter-sites through theatricality and utopian performatives.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Cities of War, Cities of Exile; Part I: Belgrade: The City of Spectacle; 1 City-as-Action; Theatricality ethics and the fear factor; Angels in the City: rituals of political decontamination; Interperformativity of place; Carnivalization; Political catharsis; 2 At the Confluence of Utopia and Seduction; Congenial publics; Three walks through Belgrade: from utopia to geopathology and back; Belgrade rocks: seductive performatives; 3 Epilogue: Endemic Geopathologies; Private publics
'All my life I've been waiting for the chance to sing rock-and-roll in Belgrade'Building sites and demolitions; Part II: Sarajevo: Imaginaries and Embodiments; 4 Waiting for Godot: Sarajevo and its Interpretations; Uneasiness with Godot; 'The most real place in the world'; 5 City-as-Body; Lucky the city; Anthropomorphic city; 6 Theatricality versus Bare Life; Bare life; Theatricality; 7 Theatre as Ideal City; Back-stage actions; Postscript: the multicultural subconscious of the city; Part III: City of Exiles; 8 In the Comfort of Non-Place; Identities; Open space; Sense of time; Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Over 20 years after the war in Yugoslavia, this book looks back at its two most iconic cities and the phenomenon of exile emerging as a consequence of living in them in the 1990s. It uses examples ranging from street interventions to theatre performances to explore the making of urban counter-sites through theatricality and utopian performatives.
Performing arts.
Theater-History.
Theater.
Performing Arts.
Theatre History.
Theatre and Performance Studies.