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This is the first book to explore the broad political significance of Genet's performance practice by focusing on his radical experiments, polemical subjects and formal innovations in theatre, film and dance. Its new approach brings together the diverse aspects of Genet's work through essays by international scholars and interviews.

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9781403994806

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'This volume will be seen as a major landmark and intervention in the field. It will update and revivify Genet studies and draw attention to his ubiquitous presence across numerous art forms and discourses in the Anglo-Saxon world.' - Professor David Walker, University of Sheffield, UK

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CLARE FINBURGH is Lecturer in Modern Drama at the University of Essex, UK. She has published numerous articles on Jean Genet and contemporary French theatre. CARL LAVERY is a Lecturer in Theatre at Lancaster University, UK. He has published on Jean Genet and avant-garde performance in a number of journals. MARIA SHEVTSOVA is Professor of Drama and Theatre Arts at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK. Her numerous publications include Theatre and Cultural Interaction (Sydney Studies, 1993), Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre: Process to Performance (Routledge,

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