Poetry & Performance, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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In the second half of the twentieth century, poets and artists took up the challenge of reflecting on and investigating the instrumentalization of language for communicative and political-cum- ideological purposes. They did so by drawing attention to the "made-ness" of language, its material and medial dimension, and by creating performative situations for themselves and their audiences.

The book presents authors from the subcultures of socialist states along with contemporary positions that continue the legacy of combining poetry and performance. It shows the efforts made by poets and artists to break free of controlled language and escape from normative forms of communication, both now and in the past. Poetry & Performance: The Eastern European Perspective thus examines the challenges facing today's societies in the post-socialist countries through the prism of language and ideology and looks back at their origins.

TomáS Glanc is a scholar of Eastern European studies at Zurich University and also serves as a curator. Sabine Hänsgen is a Slavic scholar, cultural, art, film, and media historian, translator, and curator.