Theatermachine - Tadeusz Kantor in Context (Hardcover)

Theatermachine: Tadeusz Kantor in Context is an in-depth, multidisciplinary compendium of essays about one of the most influential theater artists of the twentieth century. Hans-Thies Lehmann's theory of postdramatic theater and developments in critical theory-particularly Bill Brown's thing theory, Bruno Latour's actor-network theory, and posthumanism-serve to provide a previously unavailable vocabulary for discussion of Kantor's theater. Drawing on diverse approaches, the contributors write about Kantor from both global and local perspectives: as an exemplar of "postdramatic tragedy"; in relationship to Jewish culture and Yiddish theater; through the prism of postmemory and trauma theory; and in relation to Japanese, German, French, Polish, and American avant-garde theater. This comprehensive anthology arrives at a time when we grapple with the materiality of our modern lives-AI, technobjects, and algorithms-and might thus also be better poised to understand the materiality that permeates Kantor's theater. Theatermachine argues that while confronting the twentieth century's most pressing, but least comfortable, questions-those of a human's worth, dignity, essence, and purpose-Kantor might also have been, unwittingly, a harbinger of the twenty-first century's political, ethical, aesthetic, and critical discourse.

General

Imprint:	Northwestern University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2020
Editors:	Magda Romanska • Kathleen Cioffi
Contributors:	Martin Leach • Michal Kobialka • Jacob Micah Juntunen • Grzegorz Niziolek • Klaudiusz Swiecicki • Hans-Thies Lehmann • Tamara Trojanowska • Agnieszka Legutko
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-8101-4025-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General
LSN:	0-8101-4025-X
Barcode:	9780810140257

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