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The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance
Contributor(s): De Gay, Jane (Editor), Goodman, Lizbeth (Editor)
ISBN: 0415174732     ISBN-13: 9780415174732
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $44.60  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2000
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Annotation: This book brings together key writings on politics, ideology and performance, providing discussion on everything from sexuality in performance to theatre games, power and politics in the theatre to multimedia events, intercultural persepectives to performance theories. This comprehensive collection is brought together by Lizbeth Goodman and Jane de Gay, who have previously collaborated on the highly successful "Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance" (1998).
Includes the writings of: Antonin Artaud, Eugenio Barba, Herbert Blau, Augusto Boal, Bertolt Brecht, Peter Brook, Judith Butler, Marvin Carlson, Sue-Ellen Case, Coco Fusco, Jerzy Grotowski, Tony Kushner, Richard Schechner, Rebecca Schneider, Constantin Stanislavski and Raymond Williams.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism
- Political Science | History & Theory - General
- Art | Performance
Dewey: 320
LCCN: 99048142
Lexile Measure: 1420
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.17" W x 9.21" (1.00 lbs) 352 pages
 
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Publisher 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.