This is a bold and wide-ranging account of the unique German public
theatre system through the prism of a migrant artistic institution
in the western post-industrial Ruhr region. State of the Arts
analyses how artistic traditions have responded to social change,
racism, and cosmopolitan anxieties and recounts how critical
contemporary cultural production positions itself in relation to
the tumultuous history of German state patronage, difficult
heritage, and self-cultivation through the arts. Jonas Tinius'
fieldwork with professional actors, directors, cultural policy
makers, and activists unravels how they constitute theatre as a
site for extra-ordinary ethical conduct and how they grapple with
the pervasive German cultural tradition of Bildung, or
self-cultivation through the arts. Tinius shows how anthropological
methods provide a way to understand the entanglement of cultural
policy, institution-building, and subject-formation. An ambitious
and interdisciplinary study, the work demonstrates the crucial role
of artistic intellectuals in society.
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Theatre and Performance Theory |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Authors: |
Jonas Tinius
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Pages: |
290 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-00-932112-9 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-00-932112-9 |
Barcode: |
9781009321129 |
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