Dear Friends & Colleagues, *Acco Festival: Between Celebration and Confrontation <http://www.academicstudiespress.com/browse-catalog/acco-festival-between-celebration-and-confrontation?rq=Acco>* by Jerome Napthaly Shem-Tov has been published by Academic Studies Press (Boston, MA).
*Summary:* This research follows the history of the Acco Festival for Other Israeli Theatre from 1980-2012, chronicling it as a site of celebration as well as confrontation. The Acco Festival is presented as a borderland that brings together established mainstream directors and actors, alternative artists from the fringes, and Acco’s Jewish and Arab residents. The book explores the festival’s artistic direction; repertoire; organization, budget, and infrastructure; reception; and the Acco host community. *Table of Contents* *Preface and Acknowledgements* *Introduction* *Chapter One* *Artistic Direction and the Political: Exception Takes the Stage? * *Chapter Two* *Performance Repertoire: Representations of Social Conflicts* *Chapter Three* *Organization, Budget, and Infrastructure: Between Center and Periphery* *Chapter Four* *Festival Reception: Judgment, Criticism, and Audience* *Chapter Five* *Host Community: Policy and Resistance* *References* More information on this title may be found on the book's dedicated webpage here <http://www.academicstudiespress.com/browse-catalog/acco-festival-between-celebration-and-confrontation?rq=Acco> . *30% off list price with promotional code **ACCO** when ordered from www.academicstudiespress.com <http://www.academicstudiespress.com/>. * Best Wishes, -- Academic Studies Press 28 Montfern Avenue Brighton, MA 02135 www.academicstudiespress.com e: pr...@academicstudiespress.com t: 617.782.6290
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