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Zusatztext A fluid and rigorous field-guide to an important and stimulating area of study: this book covers a great deal of territory! offers a lively and accessible account of a complex theme! and synthesises theory! theatre and analysis with wit! confidence and clarity. Informationen zum Autor Kim Solga is Associate Professor of English and Writing Studies at Western University, Canada. Kim Solga is Associate Professor of English and Writing Studies at Western University, Canada. Susan Bennett is University Professor in the Department of English at the University of Calgary, Canada. She is the author of Theatre Audiences: A Theory of Production and Reception (1997, 2nd edition), Performing Nostalgia (1996), and Theatre & Museums (2013). Among her edited volumes are Shakespeare Beyond English (co-edited with Christie Carson, 2013) and Performing Environments: Site-Specificity on the Early Modern Stage (co-edited with Mary Polito, 2014). She was editor of Theatre Journal from 1997-2001 and has also edited or co-edited special issues of other theatre and performance journals.Part of the new Theory for Theatre Studies , this is a foundational text for students of theatre and performance. The book provides an introduction to theories of space as they have been understood in critical discussions of theatrical productions and performances, and is underpinned by substantive case studies. Zusammenfassung Space: it’s everywhere, all around, a given. It’s abstract and yet not abstract at all, because it governs all human relations, shapes the way we understand our place on the planet, and orients us toward others (for better and for worse). How do theatre scholars understand space and place in performance? What tools do they use to theorize the political work space does on – and beyond – the stage? How can students use these tools to unpack the workings of space and place in the performances they see, the plays they study, and the experiences they have outside their classrooms? Theory for Theatre Studies: Space provides a comprehensive introduction to the ‘spatial turn’ in modern theatre and performance theory, exploring topics as diverse as embodied space, environmental performance politics and urban performance studies. The book is written in accessible prose and features in-depth case studies of Platform’s audio walk And While London Burns , Katie Mitchell’s Fraülein Julie , Young Jean Lee’s The Shipment , and Evalyn Parry and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory’s Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools . TfTS: Space begins with fresh readings of historical dramatic theory, discusses twentieth-century theoretical trends at length, and ends by asking what it will take (and what work is already underway) to decolonize the Western, settler-colonial stage.Online resources to accompany this book are available at:www.bloomsbury.com/uk/theory-for-theatre-studies-space-9781350006072/ Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Series Preface Introduction: Making Room for Space at the Theatre Locate Yourself The Way Ahead Section One: Methodologies and Approaches The Back Story: The Spaces of Classical Dramatic Theory Contemporary Lens #1: Theatre and the Production of Social Space Contemporary Lens #2: Genre and “Topographic” Space Contemporary Lens #3: The Heterotopic Stage ...
