Poetics, politics and protest in Arab theatre : the bitter cup and the holy rain /

Writing from a socio-historical point of view, the author surveys and discusses the popular theatrical phenomena in the Arab world from the Hellenic period to the beginning of the 21st century. He notes the Eastern carnivalesque folk sources and the tendency toward comedy rather than tragedy.

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Главный автор: Ḥamdān, Masʻūd
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Язык:английский
Опубликовано: Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2006.
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Итог:Writing from a socio-historical point of view, the author surveys and discusses the popular theatrical phenomena in the Arab world from the Hellenic period to the beginning of the 21st century. He notes the Eastern carnivalesque folk sources and the tendency toward comedy rather than tragedy.
Объем:x, 189 pages ; 24 cm
Библиография:Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-183) and index.
ISBN:1845191064
9781845191061