Performance on Behalf of the Environment
Published on 26. November 2013
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-7391-7498-2 (ISBN)
Description
Human degradation of the environment has been documented by scholars across a range of disciplines: the global temperature of the planet continues to rise, abandoned industrial sites stain once vibrant communities, and questions about the purity of our water and foods linger. In the shadow of these material conditions, concerned citizens have reacted by issuing critiques against careless consumerism and excessive lifestyles. Their hope is to illustrate and inspire alternative ways of living. As part of such efforts and activism, some have turned to performance as a means to investigate matters further, pose challenges and questions, and enact new ways of being and thinking in a globalized world. Performance on Behalf of the Environment is a collection of essays from a diverse group of scholars that explore critically the strengths, limitations, and processes of what can be termed environmental performances.
Reviews / Votes
Brimming with vital insight and important questions, this volume stages productive and timely incursions into urgent discussions around performance and environmental stewardship. -- David Fancy, Brock University Performance on Behalf of the Environment is a much needed collection exploring connections between performance and environmentalism. Drs. Besel and Blau have assembled a compelling and provocative group of essays, spanning a wide range of methodological and theoretical approaches, whose authors prompt us to carefully consider and critique the ways our performances affect our world. -- Amy Kilgard, San Francisco State UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
6 BW Photos
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
622 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-7498-2 (9780739174982)
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E-Book
11/2013
1st Edition
Lexington Books
€111.99
Available for download
Persons
Richard D. Besel is an associate professor in the Communication Studies Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Jnan A. Blau is an associate professor in the Communication Studies Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Jnan A. Blau is an associate professor in the Communication Studies Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction: Performance on Behalf of the Environment
Jnan A. Blau and Richard D. Besel
PART I: PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCES
Chapter 2: It's a Party, Not a Protest: Environmental Community, Co-Incident Performance, and the San Jose Bike Party
David Terry and Anne Marie Todd
Chapter 3: Performing Nonhuman Liberation: How the ALF and ELF Rupture the Political Imagination
Jason Del Gandio
Chapter 4: Eco-Comedy Performance: An Alchemy of Environmentalism and Humor
Alison Bodkin
Chapter 5: Embodied Perspective by Incongruity: Environmental Critique in an Age of Performance
Richard D. Besel
PART II: PLACES AND SPACES
Chapter 6: Reinhabiting the Land: From Vacant Lot to Garden Plot
Barbara Willard
Chapter 7: "Progress Fell Upon Us": Ecotourism, Culture, and Performance in the Peruvian Amazon
Jnan A. Blau
Chapter 8: "On Finding Ways of Being": Kinesthetic Empathy in Dance and Ecology
Julia Handschuh
Chapter 9: Indeterminate Hikes+: Hiking Through the Urban Wilderness
Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint
PART III: MATERIALS AND PROCESSES
Chapter 10: Indigenous Theatre in Global Times: Situated Knowledge and Ecological Communities in Salmon Is Everything and Burning Vision
Theresa May
Chapter 11: Staging Sustainable Shakespeare: "Greening" the Bard While Advancing Institutional Mission
Ray Schultz and Jess Larson
Chapter 12: Puppet Planets and Spirit Soldiers: Staging Ecological Representations in Baby Universe and Forgotten World
Courtney Ryan
Jnan A. Blau and Richard D. Besel
PART I: PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCES
Chapter 2: It's a Party, Not a Protest: Environmental Community, Co-Incident Performance, and the San Jose Bike Party
David Terry and Anne Marie Todd
Chapter 3: Performing Nonhuman Liberation: How the ALF and ELF Rupture the Political Imagination
Jason Del Gandio
Chapter 4: Eco-Comedy Performance: An Alchemy of Environmentalism and Humor
Alison Bodkin
Chapter 5: Embodied Perspective by Incongruity: Environmental Critique in an Age of Performance
Richard D. Besel
PART II: PLACES AND SPACES
Chapter 6: Reinhabiting the Land: From Vacant Lot to Garden Plot
Barbara Willard
Chapter 7: "Progress Fell Upon Us": Ecotourism, Culture, and Performance in the Peruvian Amazon
Jnan A. Blau
Chapter 8: "On Finding Ways of Being": Kinesthetic Empathy in Dance and Ecology
Julia Handschuh
Chapter 9: Indeterminate Hikes+: Hiking Through the Urban Wilderness
Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint
PART III: MATERIALS AND PROCESSES
Chapter 10: Indigenous Theatre in Global Times: Situated Knowledge and Ecological Communities in Salmon Is Everything and Burning Vision
Theresa May
Chapter 11: Staging Sustainable Shakespeare: "Greening" the Bard While Advancing Institutional Mission
Ray Schultz and Jess Larson
Chapter 12: Puppet Planets and Spirit Soldiers: Staging Ecological Representations in Baby Universe and Forgotten World
Courtney Ryan