The Palgrave handbook of theatre and migration Inhaltsverzeichnis: Intro Acknowledgements Contents Notes on Contributors List of Figures Chapter 1: Theatre and Migration: Defining the Field The State of the Field Theatre and Migration Initial Objectives Refugees Terminology: From Migration to Exile Conclusion References Part I: Theatre and Migration: Themes and Concepts Chapter 2: The Eternal Immigrant and the Aesthetics of Solidarity Exilic Heterotopia and Exilic Matrix Differences The Disciplinary The Artistic: Talking Back and Responding To The Politico Existential or the Good Life The Aesthetic of Solidarity References Chapter 3: A Real State of Exception: Walter Benjamin and the Paradox of Theatrical Representation References Chapter 4: Theatre as Refrain: Representations of Departure from the Terezín Theresienstadt Ghetto Migration and the Terezín Theresienstadt Ghetto Theatre in the Ghetto as Refrain Case Studies: The Smoke of Home and Orpheus The Final Departure References Chapter 5: Refugees and the Right to Have Rights Defining Human Rights Circumventing Human Rights The Role of Theatre in Claiming Rights Conclusion References Chapter 6: Postmigrant Theatre and Its Impact on Contemporary German Theatre History and Politics Beyond Belonging: Postmigrant Theatre Artistic Resistance and Political Platform Not Beyond Strategic Essentialism Yet! References Chapter 7: Interculturalism and Migration in Performance: From Distant Otherness to the Precarity of Proximity Theoretical and Cultural Contexts A Short Overview of Theatrical Practices References Chapter 8: Cosmopolitanism: The Troublesome Offset of Global Migration Cosmopolitanism: A Philosophical Condition of Social Behaviour Personal Ethics and Artistry Marina Abramović: The Case of Cosmopolitanism. The Palgrave Handbook of Theatre and Migration provides a wide survey of theatre and performance practices related to the experience of global movements both in historical and contemporary contexts. The book is structured in six sections the first of which is dedicated to the major theoretical concepts related to the field of theatre and migration including exile refuge displacement asylum seeking colonialism human rights globalization and nomadism. The subsequent sections are devoted to several dozen case studies across various geographies and time periods that highlight describe and analyse different theatre practices related to migration. The volume serves as a prestigious reference work to help theatre practitioners students scholars and educators navigate the complex field of theatre and migration.