Precarious Spectatorship - Theatre and Image in an Age of Emergencies

This book is about the ways in which western spectators are bombarded with 'emergencies' by our press and political institutions. It examines the effect that this has on us and how theatre and performance can try to counteract that effect.

Sommario

Introduction: emergencies and spectatorship
1 Enemy/image
2 Two tales of my dying neighbours
3 'in the grip of the monster'
4 Theatre, exposure and the exterior
Epilogue
Appendix: a brief history of emergencies
Index

Info autore

Sam Haddow is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Drama at the University of St Andrews

Riassunto

This book is about the ways in which western spectators are bombarded with ‘emergencies’ by our press and political institutions. It examines the effect that this has on us and how theatre and performance can try to counteract that effect. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sam Haddow
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781526138415
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3841-5
• Pagine: 192
• Serie: Contemporary American and Cana
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights