CFP: Exile Theatre

[Judith Rudakoff]

Apologies for cross-postings!

*CALL FOR PROPOSALS (BOOK)*

*/FOREIGN BODIES: Performing Exile/**//*

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*exile, n.^1 *

*Pronunciation:*/??ksa?l/ /???za?l/

*Forms:*Also ME *exil*, ME--15 *exyl(e*, *exyll(e*.

*Etymology:*< Old French /exil/, refashioned form of /essil/ , state of 
banishment, also (compare sense 2 
<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/view/Entry/66231?result=1&rskey=mrojEP&#eid5018942>) 
devastation, destruction = Provençal /essilh/ , semi-popular < Latin 
/exsilium/ state of banishment, < /ex-/ out + /sal-/ (= Sanskrit /sar-/ 
to go), root of /sali-re/ to leap (whence also /exsul/ : see exul n. 
<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/view/Entry/67238#eid4889825>); 
compare /consilium/ counsel n. 
<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/view/Entry/42604#eid8057492>In 
sense 2 
<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/view/Entry/66231?result=1&rskey=mrojEP&#eid5018942>, 
Old French /essil/ is a verbal noun < /essiller/ : see exile v. 4 
<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/view/Entry/66234#eid5019963>(Formerly 
accented /e?xile/.)

*1.*

* a. Enforced removal from one's native land according to an edict or 
sentence; penal expatriation or banishment; the state or condition of 
being penally banished; enforced residence in some foreign land. 
Phrases, +to go, put in or to exile ; to drive, go, send into exile .*

* b. /gen./ Expatriation, prolonged absence from one's native land, 
endured by compulsion of circumstances or voluntarily undergone for any 
purpose.*

*exile, n.^2 *

*Pronunciation:*/??ksa?l/

*Etymology:*  Of obscure formation; perhaps merely a concrete use of 
exile n.^1 1 
<http://www.oed.com.ezproxy.library.yorku.ca/view/Entry/66231#eid5018672>

*1.*

* a. A banished person; one compelled to reside away from his native land.*

(From the Oxford English Dictionary)

This CFP invites the international community of scholars and artists to 
contribute essays to a book that will focus on live performance about 
living in exile or created by artists living in exile through critically 
engaged documentation of exile theatre artists or companies and their 
practices, with specific reference to their produced work. The type of 
work to be addressed includes, but is not limited to:

·creation and presentation of performances that reflect the artist's or 
artist collective's expectation and experience in a new country 
following forced displacement,

·the blending of new and established performance work into original 
mashups that address the cultural clash between country of origin and 
country of residence,

·radical adaptations of plays from an established canon from the point 
of view of the exiled artist/s,

·live performance focusing on exile that blurs the boundaries between 
territorial genres, including but not exclusive to theatre, dance, opera.

Essays should document, analyze, and interrogate specific productions 
and performances and the contexts that inspired them (which may 
include--but are not exclusive to--political, religious, spiritual, 
economic, social, and cultural).

Essays might consider address the following topics:

. what is exile theatre?

. belonging and otherness

. xenophobia

. refugee versus exile as a state of being

. borders, boundaries, and territoriality

. freedom versus independence

. audience identity: the impact of exilic theatre within community, and 
for a general public

. generational concerns and issues within exilic communities: does the 
narrative change?

. performance as a site of resolution.

. identification of home through the performance of narratives of exile, 
displacement, refuge, shelter, engagement, and rootedness

.memorializing or idealizing home or homeland

. re-imagining home through the filters of distance and time

. home versus homeland

Abstracts of up to 500 words should be submitted by November 30, 2015 
(to rudakoff at yorku.ca <mailto:rudakoff at yorku.ca>with the subject line 
EXILE: your surname) as a double-spaced MS Word file attachment and 
should include a brief biographical note and indication of professional 
affiliation.

Full articles will be due on or before March 1, 2016, and should be 
submitted (to rudakoff at yorku.ca <mailto:rudakoff at yorku.ca>with the 
subject line EXILE: your surname) as a double-spaced MS Word file email 
attachment following the editorial style of Chicago Manual of Style 
16^th Edition. Articles should be written in English and 3,000 to 6,000 
words in length (including notes), although shorter pieces will be 
considered. Please include a brief biographical note with the final 
submission of up to 500 words that includes your affiliation.

Please address any questions to:

rudakoff at yorku.ca <mailto:rudakoff at yorku.ca>

Judith Rudakoff (Dr.)

Professor

Theatre Department

Centre for Film & Theatre

York University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada


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Judith Rudakoff (Dr.)
Professor
Department of Theatre
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