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Fragments of a Revolution

Performativity vs. Theatricality in Iran, September 2022–January 2023

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2023

Yassaman Khajehi ,
Mohammad Amin Zamani  and
Richard Schechner
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Abstract

With the Iranian protest movement “Woman, Life, Freedom,” public spaces have become scenes of collective performance. As women openly defy the authoritarian and religious powers, theatre artists are faced with a question: What role can we imagine for theatre when citizens themselves perform their struggle to reclaim the public space and sphere of power?

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TDR , Volume 67 , Issue 3 , September 2023 , pp. 81 - 89
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press for Tisch School of the Arts/NYU

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