Entangled Performance Histories is the first book-length study that
applies the concept of "entangled histories" as a new paradigm in the
field of theater and performance historiography.
"Entangled histories" denotes the interconnectedness of multiple
histories that cannot be addressed within national frameworks. The
concept refers to interconnected pasts, in which historical processes of
contact and exchange between performance cultures affected all involved.
Presenting case studies from across the world--spanning Africa, the
Arab-speaking world, Asia, the Americas and Europe--the book's
contributors systematically expand, exemplify and examine the concept of
"entangled histories," thus introducing various innovative concepts,
theories and methodologies for investigating reciprocally consequential
processes of interweaving performance cultures from the past. Bringing
together examples of entanglements in theater and performance histories
from a broad variety of geographical and historical backgrounds, the
book's contributions build together a broad basis for a possible and
necessary paradigmatic shift in the field of theater and performance
historiography.
Ideal for researchers and students of history, theater, performance,
drama and dance, this volume opens novel perspectives on the
possibilities and challenges of investigating the entangled histories of
theater and performance cultures on a global scale.
