alam arus besar perkembangan teater, ada warna berbeda yang layak mendapat perhatian karena keberadaannya yang konsisten, kontinyu, dan menawarkan kualitas. Kita bisa menyebutkan sebagai Teater LSPR—kegiatan berteater yang dilakukan oleh London School of Public Relations, Jakarta, sebuah lembaga pendidikan bidang komunikasi. Posisi LSPR sangat unik dan menarik. Pertama, karena LSPR tidak sec…
Seventeen year-old Hally spends time with two middle-aged African servants, Sam and Willie, whom he has known all his life. On a rainy afternoon, Sam and Willie are practicing ballroom steps in preparation for a major competition. Sam is quickly characterized as being the more worldly of the two. When Willie, in broken English, describes his ballroom partner (his girlfriend) as lacking enthusia…
The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new and brilliant translation of Sophocles' classic drama. The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, Antigone is an unconventional heroine who pits her beliefs against the King of Thebes in a bloody test of wills that leaves few unharmed. Emotions fly as she challenges the king for the right to bury her own brother. Determin…
Bulosan's America Is in the Heart is one of the few books that detail the migrant workers' struggles in the United States during the 1930s through the 1940s, a time when signs like "Dogs and Filipinos not allowed" were common. The struggles included "beatings, threats, and ill health". In this book, Bulosan also narrated his attempts to establish a labor union.
Saya sedang mengajar di salah satu kamar di dalam ruang bawah tanah milik sebuah keluarga, ketika salah seorang wanita di rumah itu berteriak panik. Taliban datang! Saya meminta para murid bertiarap di lantai dan melarang mereka bersuara. Lampu pun dimatikan. Dalam kegelapan, terdengarkan suara langkah kaki di atas kepala kami. Negara tragedi itu bernama Afghanistan. Selama puluhan tahun,…
Mark Mathabane was born into a poverty-stricken family during the apartheid years in the township of Alexandra. Throughout childhood, he witnesses and suffers from hunger, violence, and racial stereotypes, learning to hate and fear whites. At his mother’s insistence, Mathabane starts school and learns to love it, rising to the top of his class in spite of frequent punishments due to his fa…
This book includes: Mary Wollstonecraft The class structure Wealth and poverty Girls' education Organised protest Attitudes Emmeline Pankhurst Militant tactics The First World War After the Vote