Performance, Subjectivity, Cosmopolitanism

Yana Meerzon

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Springer Nature Switzerland AG
09 August 2021

Theatre Studies; Dance & Performing arts

This book looks at the connection between contemporary theatre practices and cosmopolitanism, a philosophical condition of social behaviour based on our responsibility, respect, and healthy curiosity to the other. Advocating for cosmopolitanism has become a necessity in a world defined by global wars, mass migration, and rise of nationalism. Using empathy, affect, and telling personal stories of displacement through embodied encounter between the actor and their audience, performance arts can serve as a training ground for this social behavior. In the centre of this encounter is a new cosmopolitan: a person of divided origins and cultural heritage, someone who speaks many languages and claims different countries as their place of belonging. The book examines how European and North American theatres stage this divided subjectivity: both from within, the way we tell stories about ourselves to others, and from without, through the stories the others tell about us.

By: Yana Meerzon
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2020 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 399g
ISBN: 9783030414122
ISBN 10: 3030414124
Pages: 290
Publication Date: 09 August 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Professor Yana Meerzon teaches for the Department of Theatre, University of Ottawa. Her research interests are in drama and performance theory, and theatre of migration and nationalism. Her book publications with Palgrave include Performing Exile – Performing Self: Drama, Theatre, Film (2012), Performance, Exile and ‘America’ (2009), History, Memory, Performance (2015); and Migration and Stereotypes in Performance and Culture (2020).

Reviews for Performance, Subjectivity, Cosmopolitanism

Performance, Subjectivity, Cosmopolitanism, is not only timely but welcome in its attempt to analyse such phenomena in performing arts aesthetics. ... As multicultural fatigue continues, many scholars, myself included, who remain interested in post- colonial intercultural, and plurilingual theatre performance will find renewed inspiration in to Meerzon's insights and positionality. ... Interdisciplinary scholars working across humanities, postcolonial studies, and interculturalism will certainly gain deeper insights ... that characterize the interesting times we find ourselves in. (Eury Colin Chang, Recherche litteraire - Literary Research, Vol. 37, 2021) Meerzon makes a remarkable contribution to theatre and performance studies, which inspires further research on the relationship among cosmopolitanism, theatre, and performance. ... Meerzon's book is one of a few monographs that lead the way for scholars of theatre and performance studies to explore performance's potential and limits to challenge nations' inhuman migration laws and practices from a cosmopolitan perspective. (Hanife Schulte, Contemporary Theatre Review, September 17, 2021)