War as Performance
Conflicts in Iraq and Political Theatricality
Authors: Mantoan, Lindsey
Free Preview- Offers a unique, interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture and warfare
- Puts forth new scholarship by approaching performance broadly and understanding twenty-first century warfare and performance as inextricably linked
- Addresses a range of performance genres not covered here, such as satirical news and post-apocalyptic narratives
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This book examines performance in the context of the 2003 Iraq War and subsequent conflicts with Daesh, or the so-called Islamic State. Working within a theater and performance studies lens, it analyzes adaptations of Greek tragedy, documentary theater, political performances by the Bush administration, protest performances, satiric news television programs, and post-apocalyptic narratives in popular culture. By considering performance across genre and media, War as Performance offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture, warfare, and militarization, and argues that spectacular and banal aesthetics of contemporary war positions performance as a practice struggling to distance itself from appropriation by the military for violent ends. Contemporary warfare has infiltrated our narratives to such an extent that it holds performance hostage. As lines between the military and performance weaken, this book analyzes how performance responds to and potentially shapes war and conflict in the new century.
- About the authors
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Lindsey Mantoan is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Linfield College, USA. She is co-editor of Performance in a Militarized Culture and You Win or You Die: Essays on Gender, Death, and Power in Game of Thrones.
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction: The Intersection of War and Performance
Pages 1-27
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Impresarios and Protestors: From the Bush Administration to Cindy Sheehan
Pages 29-63
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Ancient Wars, Endless War: Adaptations of Greek Tragedy
Pages 65-92
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Not Just “Over There”: Theater of the Real and Iraqi Voices
Pages 93-123
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Ideologically Liberal and Formally Conservative: Satire, News, and Truthiness
Pages 125-162
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- War as Performance
- Book Subtitle
- Conflicts in Iraq and Political Theatricality
- Authors
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- Lindsey Mantoan
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-94367-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-94367-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-94366-4
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 236
- Number of Illustrations
- 16 b/w illustrations
- Topics
