Performance in a time of terror :
critical mimesis and the age of uncertainty /
Jenny Hughes.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Theatre (Manchester, England)
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-208) and index. Physical description: xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. more |
| ISBN: | 0719085306 (pbk) 9780719085307 (pbk) 9780719085291 (hbk) 0719085292 (hbk) |
Table of Contents:
Prologue: A race across the desert
1. Searching for a politics of performance in an age of uncertainty
2. A beheading in Iraq: Medusa, the mirror and a performance of exception
3. Counterinsurgency performance in Northern Ireland: street-crowd-balcony-scenes and the ob-scene
4. A crisis of voice: democratic performance on the London stage
5. Camping up and camping out as antiwar protest performance
6. Performance, counterterrorism and community: cops, neighbours, lovers and double agents
Epilogue: Critical mimesis, refuse and waste.
Prologue: A race across the desert
1. Searching for a politics of performance in an age of uncertainty
2. A beheading in Iraq: Medusa, the mirror and a performance of exception
3. Counterinsurgency performance in Northern Ireland: street-crowd-balcony-scenes and the ob-scene
4. A crisis of voice: democratic performance on the London stage
5. Camping up and camping out as antiwar protest performance
6. Performance, counterterrorism and community: cops, neighbours, lovers and double agents
Epilogue: Critical mimesis, refuse and waste.