Global Foreigners – An Anthology of Plays (Enactments) - Hardcover

Stanescu, Saviana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1905422415 ISBN 13: 9781905422418

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2006

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Synopsis:

In "Waxing West", Daniella, newly arrived in the US from Romania, is haunted by the ghosts of the deposed dictator Ceausescu and his wife Elena until she experiences 9/11. Thida San in "Eyes of the Heart", cannot rid herself of the horrific memory of her daughter's execution during the reign of the Khmer Rouge. In "My Political Israeli Play", Miriam Bloom, a young Israeli woman living in the US, is asked by her agent to write a political play. "America Dreaming" juxtaposes a professor discussing the policies governing American colonists with the experience of a young Japanese woman in the US during World War II. "The Black Eyed" skewers traditional views on sex, family and terrorism as four Arab women from different periods wait at the 'Gates of Martyrs.'

About the Author:

Carol Martin is Associate Professor of Drama at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Her books include 'A Brecht Sourcebook', 'A Sourcebook of Feminist Theatre' and 'Beyond the Stage and Dance Marathons: Performing American Culture of the 1920s and 1930s'. Saviana Stanescu is a poet and playwright, based in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1905422415
• ISBN 13: 9781905422418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320