Migration and Performance in Contemporary Ireland

This book investigates Ireland’s
translation of interculturalism as social policy into aesthetic practice and
situates the wider implications of this ‘new interculturalism’ for theatre and
performance studies at large.

Offering the first full-length, post-1990s
study of the effect of large-scale immigration and interculturalism as social
policy on Irish theatre and performance, McIvor argues that inward-migration
changes most of what can be assumed about Irish theatre and performance and its
relationship to national identity. By using case studies that include theatre,
dance, photography, and activist actions, this book works through major debates
over aesthetic interculturalism in theatre and performance studies post-1970s
and analyses Irish social interculturalism in a contemporary European social
and cultural policy context. Drawing
together the work of professional and community practitioners who frequently
identify as both artists and activists, Migration
and Performance in Contemporary Ireland proposes a new paradigm for the study of
Irish theatre and performance while contributing to the wider investigation of
migration and performance.