The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance
Foreword by Sarah Daniels
Published on 9. March 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-415-17473-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance brings together for the first time a comprehensive collection of extracts from key writings on politics, ideology, and performance.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, and including new writings from leading scholars, the book provides material on:
* post-coloniality and performance theory and practice
* critical theories and performance
* intercultural perspectives
* power, politics and the theatre
* sexuality in performance
* live arts and the media
* theatre games.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, and including new writings from leading scholars, the book provides material on:
* post-coloniality and performance theory and practice
* critical theories and performance
* intercultural perspectives
* power, politics and the theatre
* sexuality in performance
* live arts and the media
* theatre games.
Reviews / Votes
'A provocative collection of 50 writers ... The extracts are short and well-chosen, and for that alone will be thumbed by student readers.' - Plays InternationalMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
535 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-17473-2 (9780415174732)
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Foreword by Sarah Daniels
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Persons
Lizbeth Goodman is at the University of Surrey. She is the author of Contemporary Feminist Theatres (1993), and Feminist Stages (1996) and editor of Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance (1998), and Literature and Gender (1996). Jane de Gay is Research Assistant on the Gender, Politics, Performance Research Project at the Open University. She is the sub-editor of the Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance.
Content
Preface Acknowledgements List of Contributors Foreword Introduction 1.Practice to Theory: Theatre Games 2.Critical Theories and Performance 3.Theorizing and Playing: Intercultural Perspectives 4.Power, Politics and the Theatre 5.Sexuality in Performance 6.Performance Theory, Live Arts, and the Media 7.Political Theatres, Post-Coloniality, and Performance Theory 8.Post-Linearity and Gendered Performance Practice Bibliography Index