Theatre and Performance Studies in English: An Introduction

Isabel Guerrero Llorente,Verónica Rodríguez

doi:10.14198/raei.2021.35.09

Abstract

Theatre and Performance Studies in English: An Introduction.

Highlights

The authors of this Introduction write from two countries and with two backgrounds that are directly relevant to the title of this special issue
This may be considered limited in the context of debates around global identity and calls for the decolonization of the curriculum, which is part of a movement that has been called ‘Decolonise the University’. It was the removal of the statue of Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town in 2015 that kick-started the Decolonise the University movement across the globe. Another debate is the one about the Global North and the Global South, which has recently morphed into a focus on the term Global Majority
Black, Global Majority and Indigenous scholars as well as artists and people that support this cause demand a commitment to long-term decolonisation processes and the demise of the neoliberal university

Summary

Introduction

The authors of this Introduction write from two countries and with two backgrounds that are directly relevant to the title of this special issue. English Studies in Spain has a strong textual tradition, which means that the study of theatre and performance in Spain has been ubiquitously understood from the perspective of literature, that is, in this case, of drama.

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