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The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance brings together a collection of extracts from key writings on politics, ideology, and performance.

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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. Contributors include: Boal, Barba, Carlson, Blau, Butler, Grotowski, Artaud, Schechner, Phelan, Brook, Schneider.

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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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

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

Review

'A provocative collection of 50 writers ... The extracts are short and well-chosen, and for that alone will be thumbed by student readers.' - Plays International

Review Quote

'A provocative collection of 50 writers ... The extracts are short and well-chosen, and for that alone will be thumbed by student readers.'- Plays International

Details ISBN0415174732 Short Title ROUTLEDGE READER IN POLITICS & Pages 352 Language English ISBN-10 0415174732 ISBN-13 9780415174732 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2000 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations bibliography, index Edition 1st Edited by Jane de Gay Birth 1964 DOI 10.1604/9780415174732 UK Release Date 2000-03-09 AU Release Date 2000-03-09 NZ Release Date 2000-03-09 Author Lizbeth Goodman Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2000-03-09 Alternative 9780415174725 DEWEY 792.01 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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