Glenn Odom
Biographic Data
| ID | 4526707 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Glenn Odom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Glenn |
| FAMILY NAME | Odom |
| SIGNATURE | ODOM G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Roehampton |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6073-9646 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A conversation about new directions in studies of modernity and theatre
Preliminary thoughts on the death of the editor
Dictionary (noun) – A Revolutionary Act or Performance
Three recent texts emerging from distinct parts of China, all ‘dictionaries’ of sorts, each serve as a marker of the revolutionary potential of translation within their own contexts, but also as a marker of the limitations to translating the politics of translation to a world reader. At a moment when the Han-centric CCP (Chinese Communist Party) is reducing regional autonomy and forcing citizens into re-education camps, questions of language use …
Asking the wrong questions
‘Asking the Wrong Questions: Musings on a Conversation with Gakire Katese Odile about Intercultural Theatre’: After an interview with Gakire Katese Odile, a Rwandan drummer, director, and entrepreneur, I was struck by the failure of my theories to account for her work. Rehearsing this failure allows for an exploration of the ramifications of acknowledging the fact that Odile had already theorized her own work. She uses her theorization to shift t…
Comparing Comparisons
With the rise of the American world literature movement, questions surrounding the politics of comparative practice have become an object of critical attention. Taking China, Japan and the West as examples, the substantially different ideas of what comparison ought to do – as exhibited in comparative literary and cultural studies in each location – point to three distinct notions of the possible interactions between a given nation and the rest of…
YorÃ1bá Performance, Theatre and Politics
This book explains the connections between traditional performance (e.g. masked dances, prophecy, praise recitations), contemporary theatre (Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi, Tess Onwueme, Femi Osofisan, and
Before Us a Savage God
The concept of identity is in a state of evolution in Yorùbá society, and this evolution works itself out in praise poetry. This poetry is performed in a variety of contexts, and each performance context contributes something distinctive to Yorùbá modernity
YorÃ1bá Performance, Theatre and Politics
This book explains the connections between traditional performance (e.g. masked dances, prophecy, praise recitations), contemporary theatre (Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi, Tess Onwueme, Femi Osofisan, and
Before Us a Savage God
The concept of identity is in a state of evolution in Yorùbá society, and this evolution works itself out in praise poetry. This poetry is performed in a variety of contexts, and each performance context contributes something distinctive to Yorùbá modernity
YorÃ1bá Performance, Theatre and Politics
This book explains the connections between traditional performance (e.g. masked dances, prophecy, praise recitations), contemporary theatre (Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi, Tess Onwueme, Femi Osofisan, and
Comparing Comparisons
With the rise of the American world literature movement, questions surrounding the politics of comparative practice have become an object of critical attention. Taking China, Japan and the West as examples, the substantially different ideas of what comparison ought to do – as exhibited in comparative literary and cultural studies in each location – point to three distinct notions of the possible interactions between a given nation and the rest of…
Asking the wrong questions
‘Asking the Wrong Questions: Musings on a Conversation with Gakire Katese Odile about Intercultural Theatre’: After an interview with Gakire Katese Odile, a Rwandan drummer, director, and entrepreneur, I was struck by the failure of my theories to account for her work. Rehearsing this failure allows for an exploration of the ramifications of acknowledging the fact that Odile had already theorized her own work. She uses her theorization to shift t…
Preliminary thoughts on the death of the editor
Dictionary (noun) – A Revolutionary Act or Performance
Three recent texts emerging from distinct parts of China, all ‘dictionaries’ of sorts, each serve as a marker of the revolutionary potential of translation within their own contexts, but also as a marker of the limitations to translating the politics of translation to a world reader. At a moment when the Han-centric CCP (Chinese Communist Party) is reducing regional autonomy and forcing citizens into re-education camps, questions of language use …
A conversation about new directions in studies of modernity and theatre
Philosophy (6 works) · Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works)