TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morosetti,Tiziana
TI  - Staging the other in nineteenth-century British drama
SN  - 9783034319287
U1  - 822.809384 22/ger
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Peter Lang
KW  - English drama
KW  - 19th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Aliens in literature
KW  - Minorities in literature
KW  - fast
KW  - British colonies
KW  - Literature
KW  - Englisch
KW  - gnd
KW  - Drama
KW  - Das Andere
KW  - Fremdheit
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Colonies
KW  - In literature
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Konferenzschrift
KW  - 2014
KW  - Oxford
KW  - gnd-content
N1  - International conference proceedings
N2  - "The body of the "Other" -- exotic, unfamiliar, fascinating -- is the topic of this collection of essays on nineteenth-century British theatre. Arranged chronologically, the volume traces visual representations of the Other across the nineteenth century as well as their legacy in contemporary theatrical culture. Essays explore the concept, politics and aesthetic features of the "exotic" body on stage, be it the actual body of the actor or actress, or the fictional, "picturesque" bodies brought on stage. Far from focusing exclusively on the subaltern, colonial subject, this volume addresses the Other in its wider meaning, focusing on case studies as famous as Edwin Forrest and Ira Aldridge or as neglected as that of the Māori who appeared on the London stage in the 1860s. Written by an international group of scholars, this collection offers an informed, updated insight into the extensive and multifaceted presence of the non-British in both Georgian and Victorian drama, investigated through new lenses and materials to shed light on the complex engagement of nineteenth-century British culture with alterity."--
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ER  -