Theatre, History and National Identities - Kuin uusi

Helsingin yliopisto 2006 Pehmeäkantinen

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Helka Mäkinen, S. E. Wilmer, and W. B. Worthen

The social pressure to define art and artists by national identity is a political legacy of post-1848 Romanticism. Tracing national theatre history is, in turn, problematic because it depends on the determination of national identity. Theatre, History, and National Identities is a compilation of eleven essays dealing with the origin and consequences of creating theatre in the historical context of four modern nations—Finland, Ireland, Israel, and the United States.

The book grew out of a summer symposium initiated in 1995 by Pirkko Koski, Professor of Theatre Research at the University of Helsinki. The essays reflect the diverse concerns of the scholars, ranging from the evolution of national theatre movements in Finland, Ireland, and Israel to theories of national theatre historiography, aesthetics, ideology, to the very nature of national identity/identification representations.

Hakusanoja: Teatteri historia kansallinen identiteetti teatterihistoria