Putting food and theatre into direct conversation, this volume
focuses on how food and theatre have operated for centuries as
partners in the performative, symbolic, and literary making of
meaning. Through case studies, literary analyses, and performance
critiques, contributors examine theatrical work from China, Japan,
India, Greece, Italy, France, Germany, England, the United States,
Chile, Argentina, and Zimbabwe, addressing work from classical,
popular, and contemporary theatre practices. The investigation of
uses of food across media and artistic genres is a burgeoning area
of scholarly investigation, yet regarding representation and
symbolism, literature and film have received more attention than
theatre, while performance studies scholars have taken the lead in
examining the performative aspects of food events. This collection
looks across dramatic genres, historical periods, and cultural
contexts, and at food in all of its socio-political, material
complexity to examine the particular problems and potentials of
invoking and using food in live theatre. The volume considers food
as a transhistorical, global phenomenon across theatre genres,
addressing the explosion of food studies at the end of the
twentieth century that has shown how food is a crucial aspect of
cultural identity.
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