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Representation of Problems or Problematic Representation: Three Middle Eastern American Plays

Nazila Heidarzadegan

Globally, several theatrical performances have staged the consequences of the ‘war on terror’ after 9/11. This paper provides insights into how Middle Eastern American dramatists and characters responded to the war and the post-9/11 era. It explores how Middle Easterners in an American context were stereotyped, transformed into problematic subjects, how they resisted backlashing policies, and were influenced by fallout effects of the event in the plays Browntown, Ten Acrobats in an Amazing Leap of Faith, and Nine Parts of Desire by reading them through Homi Bhabha’s postcolonial concepts. This paper argues for the necessity of recognizing hyphenated people in the mainstream context and approaches the problem in terms of negotiation instead of the negation of hyphenated identities to avoid potential identity problems which may lead to social problems. It calls for dramatists of artistic productions to claim recognition of their identity and correct the distorted images to prevent their transformation into problematic realms. 

Keywords: Postcolonialism, Bhabha, Middle Eastern American Theatre, Representation, Problem

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Heidarzadegan, N. (2020). Representation of Problems or Problematic Representation: Three Middle Eastern American Plays. Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy, 0(30), 35-52. https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.698395


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Heidarzadegan N. Representation of Problems or Problematic Representation: Three Middle Eastern American Plays. Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy. 2020;0(30):35-52. https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.698395


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Heidarzadegan, N. Representation of Problems or Problematic Representation: Three Middle Eastern American Plays. Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy, [Publisher Location], v. 0, n. 30, p. 35-52, 2020.


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Heidarzadegan, Nazila,. 2020. “Representation of Problems or Problematic Representation: Three Middle Eastern American Plays.” Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy 0, no. 30: 35-52. https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.698395


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Heidarzadegan, Nazila,. “Representation of Problems or Problematic Representation: Three Middle Eastern American Plays.” Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy 0, no. 30 (Apr. 2024): 35-52. https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.698395


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Heidarzadegan, Nazila,. “Representation of Problems or Problematic Representation: Three Middle Eastern American Plays.” Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy, vol. 0, no. 30, 2020, pp. 35-52. [Database Container], https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.698395


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Heidarzadegan N. Representation of Problems or Problematic Representation: Three Middle Eastern American Plays. Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy [Internet]. 26 Apr. 2024 [cited 26 Apr. 2024];0(30):35-52. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.698395 doi: 10.26650/jtcd.698395


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Heidarzadegan, Nazila. “Representation of Problems or Problematic Representation: Three Middle Eastern American Plays”. Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy 0/30 (Apr. 2024): 35-52. https://doi.org/10.26650/jtcd.698395



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Submitted04.03.2020
Accepted17.05.2020
Published Online07.07.2020

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