{"product_id":"from-metaphor-to-direct-speech-e-susanna-weygandt-9780299351403","title":"From Metaphor to Direct Speech: Contemporary Russophone Drama and Performance Theory","description":"New Drama--a collection of actors, directors, and playwrights in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus--is one of the most active and vibrant artistic movements in the Russophone world today yet remains understudied in the West. E. Susanna Weygandt demonstrates that the major innovation of New Drama is a sonic turn, an aesthetic development that moves away from traditional, Stanislavskian embodied performance to something almost purely aural. New Drama, which began in the tumult following the collapse of the Soviet Union and continues even in an increasingly censorious Russia today, emphasizes contemporary social issues and privileges disadvantaged voices, using documentary modes to literally bring the voices of the dispossessed to the ears of the audience members. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a result, the Russophone New Dramatists speak dissent and dramatize resistance. Ultimately, they shift theatrical productions from something contained and limited, in both place and time, to an ephemeral but unbounded gateway for social activism. The sonic stage thus effectively functions as a social forum, transposing action from the actors to the audience. \u003ci\u003eFrom Metaphor to Direct Speech\u003c\/i\u003e therefore contributes to cultural as well as performance studies, offering a compelling look not just at developments in theatrical modes but also at dissent and cultural aesthetics in Russia today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. Susanna Weygandt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299351408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299351403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"E. Susanna Weygandt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46136257282303,"sku":"9780299351403","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5461593-4cbf-4eae-847e-43ff19bcde83.jpg?v=1726416146","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-metaphor-to-direct-speech-e-susanna-weygandt-9780299351403","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}