Staging Revolutions and the Many Faces of Modernism
Performing Politics in Irish and Egyptian Theatre
Amina ElHalawani
Staging Revolutions and the Many Faces of Modernism
Performing Politics in Irish and Egyptian Theatre
Amina ElHalawani
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Omschrijving
The book explores how theatre, with its performative capacity, has the power to engage with and affect the politics of its day. It sets the stage for the reader to discover the revolutionary traditions of Egyptian and Irish theatre, very distinct in their histories and cultures, and understand their enduring relevance in today’s world.
Amina ElHalawani is a Lecturer of English Literature at the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University. After finishing an MA degree in English Literature at Alexandria University, ElHalawani pursued her PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Tübingen and the University of Perpignan via Domitia with an Erasmus Mundus Fellowship. Her research interests include drama and performance studies, theatre of the absurd, modernism, twentieth-century literature, contemporary migrant literature, home writing, postcoloniality and the Global South.