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Description:: In the 1960s, the International Theatre Institute (ITI), the organization sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with a mission to represents the world’s theaters, was faced with a crisis of representation. After twenty years of existence, the institution had not succeeded in substantially expanding beyond...
Keyword:: World Theatre, International Theatre Institute, Progressive, Cold War, Cultural Diplomacy, and Theatre
Subject:: Literature, International relations, and Theater history
Creator:: Randle-Bent, Matthew Gordon
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 05/31/2023
Date Created:: 2023-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16609 and etdadmin_upload_986891

Description:: In the wake of environmental catastrophe, active intervention is needed to heal trauma, resist erasure, and navigate changing communities. Focusing on New Orleans after the federal levee failures following Hurricane Katrina, this dissertation looks across a diverse mix of case studies to theorize how communities utilize performance to navigate mass...
Keyword:: Museum Studies, Memorial, Urban Adaptation, Performance Studies, New Orleans, and Theatre
Subject:: Climate change, Performing arts, and Theater
Creator:: Twardowski, Weston
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 06/22/2022
Date Created:: 2022-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15984 and etdadmin_upload_891419

Description:: This dissertation examines the development of a black theater aesthetic in Jamaica as the colony prepared for independence. I define my theory of myalisation to explain how middle class theatre audiences participated in the Afro-Jamaican religious rituals of the lower class and how their participation signaled the development of a...
Keyword:: Jamaica, Ritual, Caribbean Studies, Gender Studies, and Theatre
Subject:: Theatre and Drama
Creator:: Karima Atiya Robinson
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 08/14/2018
Date Modified:: 08/14/2018
Date Created:: 2007-06-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: This dissertation analyzes theater performances that use narratives of U.S. military veterans in the post 9/11 era in order to cross the military-civilian divide. Engaging theories of performance, embodiment, and affect, this project investigates the depiction of military bodies onstage, the public perception of military identities, and the lived experience...
Keyword:: Performing arts and Theatre
Subject:: Performance Studies
Creator:: Margaret Lebron
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 03/30/2018
Date Modified:: 01/28/2019
Date Created:: 2017-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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