TY - BOOK ID - 46206223 TI - Performing Dream Homes : Theater and the Spatial Politics of the Domestic Sphere AU - Klein, Emily. AU - Mobley, Jennifer-Scott. AU - Stevenson, Jill. PY - 2019 SN - 3030015815 3030015807 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Theater. KW - Performing arts. KW - Contemporary Theatre. KW - Performing Arts. KW - National/Regional Theatre and Performance. KW - Show business KW - Arts KW - Performance art KW - Dramatics KW - Histrionics KW - Professional theater KW - Stage KW - Theatre KW - Performing arts KW - Acting KW - Actors UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46206223 AB - This anthology explores how theatre and performance use home as the prism through which we reconcile shifts in national, cultural, and personal identity. Whether examining parlor dramas and kitchen sink realism, site-specific theatre, travelling tent shows, domestic labor, border performances, fences, or front yards, these essays demonstrate how dreams of home are enmeshed with notions of neighborhood, community, politics, and memory. Recognizing the family home as a symbolic space that extends far beyond its walls, the nine contributors to this collection study diverse English-language performances from the US, Ireland, and Canada. These scholars of theatre history, dramaturgy, performance, cultural studies, feminist and gender studies, and critical race studies also consider the value of home at a time increasingly defined by crises of homelessness — a moment when major cities face affordable housing shortages, when debates about homeland and citizenship have dominated international elections, and when conflicts and natural disasters have displaced millions. Global struggles over immigration, sanctuary, refugee status and migrant labor make the stakes of home and homelessness ever more urgent and visible, as this timely collection reveals. ER -