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In the twentieth century, Argentina, Chile, and Spain suffered dictatorships marked by disappearances, torture, and murder, which left wounds that, in some cases, have yet to heal. Moving these public wounds into the realm of performance, many playwrights sought to address these national traumas by creating what I call “posttraumatic theater.” This book argues that these plays attempt to represent national crises by taking on stylistic features that mimic the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Drawing on trauma studies, clinical psychology, and neuroscience, Masking the Past examines the commonalities in posttraumatic theater to create a coherent theoretical foundation by which we can explore other cultural products that arise in response to traumatic events.
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International in scope, this book is designed to be the pre-eminent reference work on the English-speaking theatre in the twentieth century. Arranged alphabetically, it consists of some 2500 entries written by 280 contributors from 20 countries which include not only top-level experts, but, uniquely, leading professionals from the world of theatre. A fascinating resource for anyone interested in theatre, it includes: - Overviews of major concepts, topics and issues; - Surveys of theatre institutions, countries, and genres; - Biographical entries on key performers, playwrights, directors, designers, choreographers and composers; - Articles by leading professionals on crafts, skills and disciplines including acting, design, directing, lighting, sound and voice.
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