Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book brings together key writings on politics, ideology and performance, providing discussion on everything from sexuality in performance to theatre games and from power and politics in the theatre to multimedia events. This comprehensive collections 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).
Synopsis
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.