Overview
Takes a transnational approach that brings in performance and critical perspectives under-represented in theatre scholarship
Challenges received readings of classical and radical scripts and performances
Argues for social science to take account of readings of performance tropes and conventions developed by performance theorists
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Neo-liberalism’s Political and Moral Economic Project: The End of Public Life?
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Performance, the Academy, and the Politics of Austerity
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Book Title: Austerity and the Public Role of Drama
Book Subtitle: Performing Lives-in-Common
Authors: Victor Merriman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03260-9
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-03259-3Published: 26 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-03260-9Published: 26 February 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 175
Topics: Contemporary Theatre, National/Regional Theatre and Performance, Performing Arts