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International theatre festivals and 21st-century interculturalism / Ric Knowles.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Theatre and performance theoryPublication details: United Kingdom: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2023.Description: xvi, 313 pages.: Illustrations, 23 cm>ISBN:
  • 9781316517246
  • 9781009044486
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: International theatre festivals and 21st-century interculturalismDDC classification:
  • 790.2 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1590.F47 KNO 2022
Other classification:
  • DRA000000
Summary: "Ric Knowles' study is a politically urgent, erudite intervention into the ecology of theatre and performance festivals in an international context. Since the 1990s there has been an exponential increase in the number and type of festivals taking place around the world. Events that used merely to be events are now "festivalized": structured, marketed, and promoted in ways that stress urban centres as tourist destinations and "creative cities" as targets of corporate enterprise. Ric Knowles examines the structure, content, and impact of international festivals that draw upon and represent multiple cultures and the roles they play in one of the most urgent processes of our times: intercultural negotiation and exchange. Covering a vast geographical sweep and exploring festival models both new and ancient, the work sets compelling new standards of practice for postpandemic festivals"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Ric Knowles' study is a politically urgent, erudite intervention into the ecology of theatre and performance festivals in an international context. Since the 1990s there has been an exponential increase in the number and type of festivals taking place around the world. Events that used merely to be events are now "festivalized": structured, marketed, and promoted in ways that stress urban centres as tourist destinations and "creative cities" as targets of corporate enterprise. Ric Knowles examines the structure, content, and impact of international festivals that draw upon and represent multiple cultures and the roles they play in one of the most urgent processes of our times: intercultural negotiation and exchange. Covering a vast geographical sweep and exploring festival models both new and ancient, the work sets compelling new standards of practice for postpandemic festivals"--

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