In 1971, Canada became the first country to adopt an official policy of
multiculturalism. Performing the Intercultural City explores how
Toronto--a representative global city in this multicultural
country--stages diversity through its many intercultural theater
companies and troupes. The book begins with a theoretical introduction
to theatrical interculturalism. Subsequent chapters outline the
historical and political context within which intercultural performance
takes place; examine the ways in which Indigenous, Filipino, and
Afro-Caribbean Canadian theater has developed play structures based on
culturally specific forms of expression; and explore the ways that
intercultural companies have used intermediality, modernist form, and
intercultural discourse to mediate across cultures. Performing the
Intercultural City will appeal to scholars, artists, and the
theater-going public, including those in theater and performance
studies, urban studies, critical multiculturalism studies, diaspora
studies, critical cosmopolitanism studies, critical race theory, and
cultural studies.