| Ecologies of Precarity in Twenty-First Century Theatre: Politics, Affect, Responsibility Contributor(s): Fragkou, Marissia (Author), Brater, Enoch (Editor), Taylor-Batty, Mark (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1350154857 ISBN-13: 9781350154858 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $44.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Theater - Direction & Production - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.920 |
| Series: Methuen Drama Engage |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.64 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Presenting a rigorous critical investigation of the reinvigoration of the political in contemporary British theatre, Ecologies of Precarity in Twenty-First Century Theatre provides a fresh understanding of how theatre has engaged with precarity, affect, risk, intimacy, care and relationality in recent times. The study makes a compelling case for reading precarity as a 'sticky' theatrical trope which carries the potential to re-animate our understanding of identity politics and responsibility for the lives of Others in an age of uncertainty. Approaching precarity as an ecology cutting across various practices, themes and aesthetics, the book features a comprehensive selection of theatre examples staged in the UK since the 1990s. Works by debbie tucker green, Alistair McDowall, Complicite, Simon Stephens, Stan's Cafe, Mike Bartlett, Caryl Churchill, The Paper Birds, and Belarus Free Theatre are put in dialogue with interdisciplinary feminist vocabularies developed by Judith Butler, Sara Ahmed, Lauren Berlant and Isabell Lorey. In focusing on areas such as children and youth at risk, human rights, environmental ethics and the politics of debt, the study makes a vital contribution to the burgeoning field of politics and theatre in the 21st century. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brater, Enoch: - Enoch Brater is the Kenneth T. Rowe Collegiate Professor of Dramatic Literature, Professor of English and Theater at the University of Michigan and the series editor of Methuen Drama's Miller scholarly editions. He has written extensively on the work of Samuel Beckett and Arthur Miller. Enoch Brater is the Kenneth T. Rowe Collegiate Professor of Dramatic Literature, Professor of English and Theater at the University of Michigan. He is series editor of Methuen Drama's Arthur Miller scholarly editions, and with Mark Taylor-Batty of Methuen Drama's Engage series. He has written extensively on the work of Samuel Beckett and Arthur Miller. Taylor-Batty, Mark: - Mark Taylor-Batty is Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the Workshop Theatre, School of English, University of Leeds, in the UK. He is co-author with Juliette Taylor-Batty, of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and has authored two further books on Harold Pinter's writings. |