Performance and Migration

As people from all backgrounds and cultures criss-cross the globe with an ever-growing series of pushes and pulls guiding their movements, this book explores contemporary artists who have sought to include and represent refugees in their theatre work.

List of contents

Introduction: performance and migration 1. Migratory aesthetics and postmigrant performance 2. Being second generation: Australian-Indian performers Raina Peterson and Sonya Suares in dialogue 3. Good Chance Theatre: margins and main stages 4. The heat signatures of refugee transit: Incoming by Richard Mosse

About the author

Emma Cox is a Reader in the Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Summary

As people from all backgrounds and cultures criss-cross the globe with an ever-growing series of pushes and pulls guiding their movements, this book explores contemporary artists who have sought to include and represent refugees in their theatre work.

Product details

• Authors: Emma Cox
• Assisted by: Emma Cox (Editor), Cox Emma (Editor), Andy Lavender (Editor), Andy Lavender (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781032058962
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3205896-2
• No. of pages: 110
• Series: 4x45
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Cultural Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Performance Art, Human Geography