Baz Kershaw

The Radical in Performance (eBook, ePUB)

Between Brecht and Baudrillard

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Radical in Performance investigates the crisis in contemporary theatre, and celebrates the subversive in performance. It is the first full-length study to explore the link between a western theatre which, says Kershaw, is largely outdated and the blossoming of postmodern performance, much of which has a genuinely radical edge. In staying focused on the period between Brecht and Baudrillard, modernity and postmodernism, Baz Kershaw identifies crucial resources for the revitalisation of the radical across a wide spectrum of cultural practices.
This is a timely, necessary and rigorous book. It will be a compelling read for anyone searching for a critical catalyst for new ways of viewing and practising cultural politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136284717
• Artikelnr.: 39910613

Autorenporträt

Baz Kershaw is Professor of Drama at the Department of Drama, University of Bristol. He is the author of The Politics of Performance.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Introduction
Part I Theatre and performance
Chapter 1 The limits of theatre
Chapter 2 The excesses of performance
Part II Performance, Part Icipation, power
Chapter 3 Fighting in the streets
Chapter 4 The shadow of oppression
Chapter 5 The death of nostalgia
Chapter 6 The sight of the blind
Epilogue

Rezensionen

'This book is a fascinating and successful attempt to reclaim the political in theatre and performance whilst acknowledging the collapse of the sustaining myths of modernism. It is radical in its scope, ambition and coverage.' - Jonathan Neelands, Research in Drama Education