Theaters of Citizenship Aesthetics and Politics of Avant-Gardist Performance in Egypt

Theaters of Citizenship investigates the Egyptian movement for free theater, arguing that it evolved from an avant-gardist movement to an undercommons of revolutionary cultural practice. Using historiography, ethnography, and performance analysis, the book tells a story of this avant-garde from 2004...

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Main Author: Pahwa, Sonali (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Northwestern University Press 2020
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