Hellenic Common by Philip Zapkin
Hellenic Common argues that theatrical adaptations of Greek tragedy exemplify the functioning of a cosmopolitan cultural commonwealth.''With Hellenic Common Zapkin offers a timely, perceptive, and cogent analysis of the use of ancient Athenian drama to challenge notions of ownership (especially of culture), globalized economics, and the reduction of all relationships to transactionalThe politics of theatrical adaptation play a central role in resistance to both neoliberal models of theatrical production and the expansion of market ideology across the social spectrum, using adaptation of Greek tragedy to critique lived realities, from the destructive effect of Thatcherite policy on Irish families through the unifying application of Ubuntu in post-apartheid South Africa. Zapkin offers a model for understanding how theatre artists use ancient material to understand the contemporary world, and, what’s more, offer paradigms for change.'' Kevin Wetmore, Professor of Theatre Arts, College of Communication and Fine Arts, LA
''Hellenic Common is important not just because it locates a rich seam of recent theatrical adaptations of Greek tragedy that critique contemporary neoliberalism, but more so because Zapkin makes the persuasive case that the practice of adaptation itself harbors great potential for resisting the neoliberal impulses that these plays individually take on. A generative and insightful study.'' Ryan Claycomb, Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
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| ISBN 13 | 9780367536466 |
| ISBN 10 | 0367536463 |
| Title | Hellenic Common |
| Author | Philip Zapkin |
| Series | Routledge Advances In Theatre And Performance Studies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2021-08-20 |
| Number of pages | 164 |
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