TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fischer-Lichte,Erika
TI  - Dionysus resurrected: performances of Euripides' The Bacchae in a globalizing world 
T2  - Blackwell Bristol lectures on Greece, Rome and the classical tradition
SN  - 9781118609781
AV  - PA3973.B23 F57 2013eb
U1  - 882.01 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex
PB  - Wiley Blackwell
KW  - Euripides
KW  - Euripides.
KW  - Bacchae (Euripides)
KW  - fast
KW  - Greek drama
KW  - Modern presentation
KW  - DRAMA
KW  - Ancient, Classical & Medieval
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Dionysus Resurrected: Performances of Euripides' The Bacchae in a Globalizing World; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Re-enter Dionysus; The Topicality of The Bacchae; Theories of Sacrificial Ritual in the 1970s; From "Text" to "Performance": A New Theatre Aesthetics; Notes; References; Further Reading; Part I: Festivals of Liberation: Celebrating Communality; Chapter 1: The Birth Ritual of a New Theatre; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Celebrating a Communion Rite?; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Sparagmos and Omophagia; Notes; References; Further ReadingPart II: Renegotiating Cultural Identities; Chapter 4: On the Strangeness and Inaccessibility of the Past; Note; References; Further Reading; Chapter 5: Performing or Contaminating Greekness?; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 6: In Search of New Identities; Notes; References; Part III: Productive Encounter or Destructive Clash of Cultures?; Chapter 7: Dismemberment and the Quest for Wholeness; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 8: Transforming Kathakali; Notes; References; Further Reading; Chapter 9: Beijing Opera Dismembered; Notes; References; Further ReadingEpilogue; Name Index; Subject Index
N2  - Dionysus Resurrected analyzes the global resurgence since the late 1960s of Euripides' The Bacchae. 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. Puts forward a lively discussion of the parallels between transformational eventsduring the era of the play's revival and events within the play itselfThe first comparative study to analyse and contextualize performances of The Bacchae that took place between 1968 and 2009 from t
UR  - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118609774
ER  -