The Politics of Interweaving Performance Cultures: Beyond Postcolonialism : Routledge : 9781138377547 : 1138377546 : 23 Aug 2018 : This book provides a timely intervention in the fields of performance studies and theatre history, and to larger issues of global cultural exchange. The authors offer a provocative argument for rethinking the scholarly assessment of how diverse performative cultures interact, how they are interwoven, and how they are dependent upon each other. While the term ?intercultural theatre' as a concept points back to postcolonialism and its contradictions, The Politics of Interweaving Performance Cultures explores global developments in the performing arts that cannot adequately be explained and understood using postcolonial theory. The authors challenge the dichotomy ?the West and the rest' ? where Western cultures are ?universal' and non-Western cultures are ?particular' ? as well as ideas of national culture and cultural ownership. This volume uses internation