Performing Statelessness in Europe

Wilmer, S.E.

This book examines performative strategies that contest nationalist prejudices in representing the conditions of refugees, the stateless and the dispossessed. In the light of the European Union failing to find a political solution to the current migration crisis, it considers a variety of artistic works that have challenged the deficiencies in governmental and transnational practices, as well as innovative efforts by migrants and their hosts to imagine and build a new future. It discusses a diverse range of performative strategies, moving from a consideration of recent adaptations of Greek tragedy, to performances employing fictive identification, documentary dramas, immersive theatre, over-identification and subversive identification, nomadism and political activism. This study will appeal to those interested in questions of statelessness, migration, and the problematic role of the nation-state.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2018-12-22

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783030098759

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69173-2

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 245