{"product_id":"a-movements-promise-the-making-of-contemporary-palestinian-theater-hardback-9781503642584","title":"A Movement's Promise; The Making of Contemporary Palestinian Theater (Hardback) 9781503642584","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Movement's Promise\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Making of Contemporary Palestinian Theater\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSamer Al-Saber (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503642584, Stanford University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 30 halftones\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Movement's Promise\u003c\/i\u003e offers us not only a probing cultural history of Palestinian theater created amid political turmoil and censorship, but a fresh paradigm for thinking about theater itself as 'movement.' Combining dynamic political action and kinetic artistic resilience, Samer Al-Saber offers a powerful, persuasive, and poignant account of the survival of a people and their stories.\" \u003cbr\u003e  —Jisha Menon, author of \u003ci\u003eBrutal Beauty: Aesthetics and Aspiration in Urban India\u003c\/i\u003e \"Palestine has been, and remains, a global epicenter of insurgent theater.With depth and authority,Samer Al-Saber tells the story of a vibrant theater culture under occupation, but \u003ci\u003enot obsessed\u003c\/i\u003e with occupation.Illuminating, critical, and timely, this is cultural history at its best.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Robin D. G. Kelley, author of \u003ci\u003eFreedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e \"Samer Al Saber's \u003ci\u003eA Movement's Promise\u003c\/i\u003e is a pioneering history of modern Palestinian theater in its 'golden years' of the 1970s, when it was a principal instrument of cultural resistance. Its use of previously unavailable archival material renders it an indispensable source for researchers and social historians of culture in the Arab World.\"\u003cbr\u003e  —Salim Tamari, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great War and the Remaking of Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting in the 1970s, Palestinian theater flourished as part of a Palestinian cultural spring. In the absence of local radio, television, and uncensored journalism, theater production became the leading form of artistic expression, and Palestinian theater artists self-identified as a movement. Although resistance was not their sole function, these theater makers contributed to an active cultural resistance front. With this book, Samer Al-Saber tells the story of the Palestinian Theater Movement over nearly three decades, as they created plays and productions that articulated versions of Palestinian identity, critiqued social norms, celebrated and extended Palestinian cultural values, and challenged the power disparity created by the Occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe struggles between Palestinian theater artists and Israeli authorities form the central relationships in this history. Al-Saber juxtaposes the agency of Palestinian theater artists, in their determination to perform against immense challenges, with the power of Israeli authorities to grant or deny permission to theatrical productions. The legal structure of institutionalized censorship prevented Palestinian artists from expressing their chosen message, and the theater movement's search for permission to perform illuminates the disparity in power between the occupier and the occupied. In writing the first history of the Palestinian Theater Movement, Al-Saber amplifies necessary voices in this Palestinian cultural history, told from below.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52610724167960,"sku":"9781503642584","price":77.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-movements-promise-the-making-of-contemporary-palestinian-theater-hardback-9781503642584","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}