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CALL FOR PAPERS
Palestinian Theatre
For an anthology to be published by Seagull Press (New York, London, and Calcutta) co-Editors Hala Nassar and Mas’ud Hamden invite articles, or proposals for articles, on Palestinian theatre and theatre on Palestinians. This broad-ranging anthology will feature work about Palestine’s theatrical world in all its historical, social, and political contexts. Since al-Nakba in 1948, the Palestinian experience and political reality has been very different in different geographical locations: the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Israel, the Diaspora in Arab states, the Middle East, and North Africa, and Diaspora around the world. With the continuing occupation and annihilation of the land of Palestine and the continuing Diaspora, it is crucial to document and analyze the circumstances under which Palestinians shape their cultural activities and identity. In the absence of Palestinian national sovereignty, it may seem that presenting theatre on Palestinian stages or discussing theatre in a book as a merely aesthetic phenomenon and in one geo-political territory is futile or, at best, naïve. Yet, the Palestinian cause is a key topic at the global level. People everywhere want to know more about Palestine and Palestinians – their culture and art. Showing the theatre in/beyond Palestine is vital. This book will help people everywhere understand the special tension between the political oppression of the Palestinians and the symbolic triumph of their agony.
We welcome articles dealing with, but not restricted to, the following themes:
- Palestinian theatre before 1948 and 1967
- Palestinian theater in the occupied territories, Gaza Strip, and in Israel
- Israeli Palestinian theatre collaborations
- In the Diaspora
- Contemporary performances
- Theatre in refugee camps
- Theatre in Israeli prisons
- Children’s theatre
- Women on Stage
- Memory and narration
- The Arab Hebrew Theatre in Jaffa
Please send inquiries to either Hala Nassar hala.nassar@yale.edu OR Mas’ud Hamdan mhamdan@research.haifa.ac.il . Articles should run between 4000-5000 words in length and can be sent electronically as a Microsoft Word attachment no later than 6/20/ 2007.
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