Contemporary Irish Theatre and Social Change - Activist Aesthetics

This book uses the social transformation that has taken place in Ireland since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993 to the repeal of the 8th amendment in 2018 as background to examine relationships between activism and contemporary Irish theatre and performance.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Beauty of Change
1 Arambe Productions: A Hammer, Shaping
2 THEATREclub: Class Acts
3 The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival: Confession and Community
4 Art and the 8th: The Feminist Aesthetics of Tara Flynn, Jesse Jones, and the Suffragettes at the Galway Races
Reflections: On Art That Is Activism
Index

About the author

Emer O’Toole is Associate Professor of Irish Performance Studies at the School of Irish Studies, Concordia University.

Summary

This book uses the social transformation that has taken place in Ireland since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993 to the repeal of the 8th amendment in 2018 as background to examine relationships between activism and contemporary Irish theatre and performance.

Product details

• Authors: Emer O'Toole, O'Toole Emer
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032071602
• ISBN: 978-1-032-07160-2
• No. of pages: 170
• Weight: 280 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Dance, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Religion / Christian Church / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, Cultural Studies, RELIGION / General, European History, The arts: general issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Anthropology, PERFORMING ARTS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / History & Criticism, Religion: general, Ireland, Theatre Studies, British & Irish history, Gender studies, gender groups, Performance Art, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, The arts: general topics