Manifestations Of Transfer In The Latest Post-Yugoslav Playwriting And Theatre: Migration, Cultural Mobility And Transculturality
Manifestations Of Transfer In The Latest Post-Yugoslav Playwriting And Theatre: Migration, Cultural Mobility And Transculturality

Author(s): Gabriela Abrasowicz
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Cultural history, Sociology of Culture, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Migration, mobility; playwriting; post-Yugoslav region; theatre; transculturality; transfer;
Summary/Abstract: The post-Yugoslav cultural scene is especially complex and dynamic. Playwriting and theatre in this region are important forms of artistic expression, reflections of social problems, instruments of memory, and the reminders of accountability. Transfer is becoming more evident in production, promotion, (re)formation and support regarding the development of post-Yugoslav theatre. This particular field of artistic work is also characterised by thematization of migration, cultural mobility, transcultural potential, and the power to shape reality, and new levels of dialog.The basic aim of this paper is to describe the specific character of dramatic works and theatrical productions about migration initiated at the end of the twentieth century and beginning of the twenty-first in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Interpretation will focus on the most representative examples. The analysis requires an interdisciplinary approach and a reference to the concept of cultural mobility (S. Greenblatt) and transculturality (W. Welsch).

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