{"product_id":"hellenic-common-philip-zapkin-9780367536466","title":"Hellenic Common: Greek Drama and Cultural Cosmopolitanism in the Neoliberal Era","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHellenic Common\u003c\/em\u003e argues that theatrical adaptations of Greek tragedy exemplify the functioning of a cosmopolitan cultural commonwealth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing plays by Femi Osofisan, Moira Buffini, Marina Carr, Colin Teevan, and Yael Farber, this book shows how contemporary adapters draw tragic and mythic material from a cultural common and remake those stories for modern audiences. Phillip Zapkin theorizes a political economy of adaptation, combining both a formal reading of adaptation as an aesthetic practice and a political reading of adaptation as a form of resistance. Drawing an ethical centre from Kwame Anthony Appiah's work on cosmopolitanism and Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri's theory of the common, \u003cem\u003eHellenic Common \u003c\/em\u003eargues that Attic tragedy forms a cultural commonwealth from which dramatists the world over can rework, reimagine, and restage materials to envision aspirational new worlds through the arts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study will be of great interest to students and scholars of drama, adaptation studies, literature, and neoliberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Zapkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367536463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367536466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d","brand":"Philip Zapkin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086533406975,"sku":"9780367536466","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3883881-423a-4da3-993b-ab6e7c974000.jpg?v=1769095218","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hellenic-common-philip-zapkin-9780367536466","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}