TY - BOOK AU - Tiatco,Sir Anril Pineda ED - University of the Philippines Press, TI - Cosmopolitanism, theatre, and the Philippines: performing community in a world of strangers SN - 9789715428668 AV - PN 2916 T53 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Diliman, Quezon City PB - The University of the Philippines Press KW - Theater KW - Philippines KW - Manila KW - History KW - Manila (Philippines) KW - Social life and customs N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-248) and index; Envisioning cosmopolitanism in/and the theatre -- Performing national theatre -- Performing communion -- Performing the familiar and the unfamiliar -- Onstage : the call center -- Onstage : the domestic laborer -- Onstage : the bakla N2 - "...an attempt toward a theorization of cosmopolitanism via Philippne theatre. The book's concept is premised on a sense of belonging in a community of strangers; this comes from the firm conviction that theatre, by nature, prepares its audience to engage in a community which is both local and global. The vibrant Manila theatre scene is used as takeoff point in articulating this argument..." ER -