{"product_id":"9783032229199","title":"Postmemory in US Armenian Women's Theatre Writing the Catastrophe","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave Studies in Performance and Migration\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePostmemory in US Armenian Women's Theatre\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWriting the Catastrophe\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSebnem Nazli Karali\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThis book offers a bold new perspective on post-1970s US Armenian drama and theatre by female playwrights, situated within the historical context of the Armenian diaspora. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAt its centre is the Armenian Catastrophe—the mass violence and forced displacement of Ottoman-Armenians from the mid-1890s through the First World War—and its enduring imprint on collective memory and cultural identity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e. As survivors rebuilt their lives in the United States, theatre became a vital space for preserving heritage and redefining belonging. By examining plays that transform inherited histories of rupture and survival into performance, this book demonstrates how the Catastrophe continues to shape diasporic consciousness, artistic expression, and political imagination. It ultimately presents the stage as a dynamic site where memory, migration, and national belonging are negotiated and reimagined for contemporary audiences.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSebnem Nazli Karali\u003c\/strong\u003e is a scholar of literature and theatre, as well as an actor, dramaturg, writer, and language instructor. She holds a PhD in Creative Arts from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University. Her recent publications include 'Half-Armenian', Fully Diasporic: Navigating Memory, Trauma, and Identity Marcella Polain's \u003cem\u003eThe Edge of the World\u003c\/em\u003e in \u003cem\u003eJournal of Intercultural Studies: Migrant Life Narratives as Place-Making in Postcolonial Australia\u003c\/em\u003e (2026); Postmemorial Dramaturgy of the Armenian Catastrophe: \u003cem\u003eThe Armenian Question \u003c\/em\u003ein \u003cem\u003ePerforming Gender, Sexual, and Racial Dynamics on the US Stage\u003c\/em\u003e (2023); The Hunger for Touch: Fatih Akin’s \u003cem\u003eGegen die Wand\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eHead-On\u003c\/em\u003e) and the Cinema of Sensation (with G. Karpathakis) in \u003cem\u003eSexuality and Eroticism in a Post-pandemic World: Beyond the Biopolitics of the New Normal\u003c\/em\u003e (2023).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032229199\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e356\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46548038418572,"sku":"9783032229199","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032229199.jpg?v=1780601662","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032229199","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}