Migration and Performance in Contemporary Ireland by Charlotte McIvor HARDBACK

Migration and Performance in Contemporary IrelandTowards a New Interculturalism\nAuthor(s): Charlotte McIvor\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9781137469724, 978-1137469724\nSynopsis\nThis book investigates Irelands translation of interculturalism as social policy into aesthetic practice and situates the wider implications of this new interculturalism for theatre and performance studies at large.\n\nOffering the first full-length, post-1990s study of the effect of large-scale immigration and interculturalism as social policy on Irish theatre and performance, McIvor argues that inward-migration changes most of what can be assumed about Irish theatre and performance and its relationship to national identity. By using case studies that include theatre, dance, photography, and activist actions, this book works through major debates over aesthetic interculturalism in theatre and performance studies post-1970s and analys.