Staging History from the Shoah to Palestine
Three Plays and Essays on WWII and Its Aftermath
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This book is a contribution to the emerging field of research-based performance, which seeks to gain a wider audience for issues that are crucial to our understanding of history and to informing our future actions. The book examines the role of theater in portraying the Shoah in France, the French Resistance, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Each of the three chapters consists of an original dramatic work by the author and an accompanying critical essay.
Inez Hedges is Emerita Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies at Northeastern University, Boston, USA. Her play “Children of Drancy” was performed in 2007 as part of an advanced undergraduate learning community. She wrote “Kafka in Palestine” in 2017–19 while a Resident Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, Waltham. Her previous books include Framing Faust: 20th Century Cultural Struggles (2005); and World Cinema and Cultural Memory (2015).This book is a contribution to the emerging field of research-based performance, which seeks to gain a wider audience for issues that are crucial to our understanding of history and to informing our future actions. The book examines the role of theater in portraying the Shoah in France, the French Resistance, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Each of the three chapters consists of an original dramatic work by the author and an accompanying critical essay.
Provides a unique contribution to the emerging field of research-based performance Examines the role of theater in portraying topics related to the Holocaust and its aftermath Each chapter consists of an original dramatic work by the author and an accompanying critical essay
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This book is a quite extraordinary achievement. It brings together scholarship—the essays on the history of theater—and creative art, in a highly original and moving form. I know of no equivalent to this attempt to “stage history,” combining history of the theater, literature, historiography, art, and living theater. Michael Löwy, Emeritus Research Director, CNRS, Paris
For those educators interested in interdisciplinary-integrative learning about the Shoah and its aftermath, Inez Hedges’ book provides valuable information and stimulating plays that promote the development of cross-disciplinary, inquiry-based courses, capstone courses, and experiential activities. Hedges provides readers with the contexts and narratives that will encourage thoughtful inquiries, empathetic connections, and human understanding. Nancy Kindelan, Emerita Professor of Theatre, Northeastern University
Inez Hedges’ work testifies to the necessity of today's playwrights to grapple with important political/historical issues. Whether it's the Nazi occupation of France or the Israeli occupation of Palestine, Hedges mines the rich ores of such crises to produce bracing, engaging and engaged theatre that glitters in the darkness of our times. David Gullette, Literary Director, The Poets' Theatre, Boston
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