Companion to British-Jewish Theatre Since the 1950s
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Biographical note
Dr. Jeanette Malkin holds the chair of the Theatre Studies Department at the Hebrew University Jerusalem. She co-edited the book Jews and the Making of Modern German Theatre (2010) and is the author of Memory-Theatre and Postmodern Drama (1999) and Verbal Violence in Contemporary Drama: From Handke to Shepard (1992). She has received two major grants for her research from the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) for her project âTriangulation: Jewish Cultural Markings in German and American Theatreâ (2005-2009); the second from the German Lower Saxony-Israel Joint Research Project funds (Niedersächsisches Vorab) of the Volkswagen Stiftung for the project âHyphenated Cultures: Contemporary British Jewish Theatreâ (2016-2019) in collaboration with Prof. Eckart Voigts (TU Braunschweig).
Dr. Eckart Voigts is Professor of English Literature at TU Braunschweig, Germany. He has written, edited and co-edited numerous books and articles, such as Introduction to Media Studies (Klett 2004), Janespotting and Beyond: British Heritage Retrovisions since the Mid-1990s (Narr 2005), Adaptations â Performing Across Media and Genres (2009), Reflecting on Darwin (2014) and Dystopia, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalypse (2015), Companion to Adaptation Studies (co-edited with Dennis Cutchins and Katja Krebs). He is on the Board of the journals Adaptation, Adaptation in
Film and Performance, Anglistik and JESELL as well as the book series Transmedia (coedited by Matt Hills and Dan Hassler-Forest).
Sarah J. Ablett has studied English literature, philosophy, and creative writing at the Universities of Hamburg, Manchester, Heidelberg, and Hildesheim, and completed her doctorate at TU Braunschweig. She has taught literary and cultural studies and was part of the research project ÂťHyphenated Cultures: Contemporary British-Jewish TheatreÂŤ funded by the VolkswagenStiftung. Her latest publication is a book on Dramatic Disgust. Aesthetic Theory and Practice from Sophocles to Sarah Kane (transcript, 2020).
Organized in five parts, the chapters are concise and snappy, providing stimulus for further thought. The collection faces the troubling issue of antisemitism in British society throughout and successfully achieves its stated aim to address âthe neglected dimension of Jewishnessâ in theatre while avoiding âsimplistic essentialismâ ⌠[It] provides a wealth of material for further consideration and research and makes the reader want to read all of the plays, see the television programmes and learn more about the writers.
Performing Ethos
A unique collection. The first volume to look systematically and in depth at contemporary British-Jewish theatre.
Professor Bryan Cheyette, University of Reading, UK
A thoughtful, well-researched, and wide-ranging collection of essays that will be invaluable to scholars in the fields of British theatre and Jewish studies and of interest to a much broader readership.
Journal of Contemporary Drama in English
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Dr. Jeanette Malkin holds the chair of the Theatre Studies Department at the Hebrew University Jerusalem. She co-edited the book Jews and the Making of Modern German Theatre (2010) and is the author of Memory-Theatre and Postmodern Drama (1999) and Verbal Violence in Contemporary Drama: From Handke to Shepard (1992). She has received two major grants for her research from the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) for her project âTriangulation: Jewish Cultural Markings in German and American Theatreâ (2005-2009); the second from the German Lower Saxony-Israel Joint Research Project funds (Niedersächsisches Vorab) of the Volkswagen Stiftung for the project âHyphenated Cultures: Contemporary British Jewish Theatreâ (2016-2019) in collaboration with Prof. Eckart Voigts (TU Braunschweig).
Dr. Eckart Voigts is Professor of English Literature at TU Braunschweig, Germany. He has written, edited and co-edited numerous books and articles, such as Introduction to Media Studies (Klett 2004), Janespotting and Beyond: British Heritage Retrovisions since the Mid-1990s (Narr 2005), Adaptations â Performing Across Media and Genres (2009), Reflecting on Darwin (2014) and Dystopia, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalypse (2015), Companion to Adaptation Studies (co-edited with Dennis Cutchins and Katja Krebs). He is on the Board of the journals Adaptation, Adaptation in
Film and Performance, Anglistik and JESELL as well as the book series Transmedia (coedited by Matt Hills and Dan Hassler-Forest).
Sarah J. Ablett has studied English literature, philosophy, and creative writing at the Universities of Hamburg, Manchester, Heidelberg, and Hildesheim, and completed her doctorate at TU Braunschweig. She has taught literary and cultural studies and was part of the research project ÂťHyphenated Cultures: Contemporary British-Jewish TheatreÂŤ funded by the VolkswagenStiftung. Her latest publication is a book on Dramatic Disgust. Aesthetic Theory and Practice from Sophocles to Sarah Kane (transcript, 2020).