{"product_id":"dionysus-resurrected-isbn-9781405175784","title":"Dionysus Resurrected","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDionysus Resurrected\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the global resurgence since the late 1960s of Euripides’ \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e. By analyzing and contextualizing these modern day performances, the author reveals striking parallels between transformational events taking place during the era of the play’s revival and events within the play itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePuts forward a lively discussion of the parallels between transformational eventsduring the era of the play’s revival and events within the play itself\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first comparative study to analyse and contextualize performances of \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e that took place between 1968 and 2009 from the United States, Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that presentations of the play not only represent liminal states but also transfer the spectators into such states\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContends that the play’s reflection on various stages of globalization render the tragedy a contemporary play\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEstablishes the importance of \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e within Euripides’ work as the only extant tragedy in which the god Dionysus himself appears, not just as a character but as the protagonist\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e–Rediscovering \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Festivals of Liberation: Celebrating Communality 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The Birth Ritual of a New Theatre 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– Richard Schechner’s \u003ci\u003eDionysus in\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e69 \u003c\/i\u003ein New York (1968) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Celebrating a Communion Rite? 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– Wole Soyinka’s \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae of Euripides \u003c\/i\u003eat London’s National Theatre (1973) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: \u003ci\u003eSparagmos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOmophagia\u003c\/i\u003e 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– Teat(r)o Oficina’s \u003ci\u003eBacantes\u003c\/i\u003e in São Paulo (1996) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Renegotiating Cultural Identities 91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: On the Strangeness and Inaccessibility of the Past 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– The Antiquity Project at the Schaubühne Berlin (1974) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Performing or Contaminating Greekness? 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– Theodoros Terzopoulos’ \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e in Delphi (1986) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: In Search of New Identities 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– Krzysztof Warlikowski’s \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBacchae \u003c\/i\u003ein Warsaw (2001) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Productive Encounter or Destructive Clash of Cultures? 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Dismemberment and the Quest for Wholeness 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– Suzuki Tadashi’s \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBacchae\u003c\/i\u003e in Japan and on World Tour (1978–2008) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Transforming Kathakali 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBacchae\u003c\/i\u003e by Guru Sadanam P. V. Balakrishnan in Delphi and New Delhi (1998) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Beijing Opera Dismembered 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e– Peter Steadman and Chen Shi-zheng’s \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae \u003c\/i\u003ein Beijing (1996) –\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 236\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eERIKA FISCHER-LICHTE\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Theatre Studies at the Institut für Theaterwissenschaft at the Freie Universität of Berlin and Director of the International research centre \"Interweaving Performance cultures.\" She has published extensively on the history of the theatre and on the reception of Greek tragedy. Her most recent publications include \u003ci\u003eTheatre, Sacrifice, Ritual: Exploring Forms of Political Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eThe Transformative Power of Performance: A New Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and \u003ci\u003ePerformance and the Politics of Space: Theatre and Topology\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Benjamin Wihstutz, 2012).   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the late 1960s, Euripides' \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e had almost no performance record on modern stages. Since then, the play has been staged many times in the United States, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Drawing parallels between the elements of transition, transformation, and violence in the second half of the twentieth century and the plot of\u003ci\u003e The Bacchae,\u003c\/i\u003e Fischer-Lichte argues that the play's reflection on features identified today as consequences of globalization allowed the performance to accomplish what the ancient viewers believed Dionysus, the protagonist, brought about. In this sense, the author contends that Dionysus resurrects as the god of globalization, rendering the tragedy a contemporary play. By analyzing and contextualizing these performances worldwide, Fischer-Lichte reveals the reasons behind the resurrection of this much discussed but, until recently, rarely performed tragedy.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The changing fortunes of \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e, as told in this engaging book, are almost as dramatic as the play itself. Long neglected, it made an astonishing comeback in the sixties, capturing our world of cultural and religious clashes with uncanny precision. In these pages, Erika Fischer-Lichte has turned a classic into a masterwork for our time.”\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eMartin Puchner, Harvard University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“There is only one person (Fischer-Lichte) who has the experience, the knowledge and the perspectives – theoretical, theatrical, political – to write this book.  It simultaneously illumines the ancient \u003ci\u003eBacchae\u003c\/i\u003e and the contemporary global theatre.”\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eOliver Taplin, Oxford University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“For the first time, performances of \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e are studied from a world perspective – North, South, East and West. Fischer-Lichte's pioneering book is illuminated by her nuanced conceptions of ritual.”\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eMaria Shevtsova, University of London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989071347941,"sku":"NP9781405175784","price":94.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405175784.jpg?v=1761782675","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/dionysus-resurrected-isbn-9781405175784","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}