Overview
Political scientists and political theorists have long been interested in social and political performance. Theatre and performance researchers have often focused on the political dimensions of the live arts. Yet the interdisciplinary nature of this labor has typically been assumed rather than rigorously explored. Further, it is crucial to bring the concepts of theatre and performance deployed by other disciplines such as psychology, law, political anthropology, sociology among others into a wider, as well as deeper, interdisciplinary engagement. Embodying and fostering that engagement is at the heart of this new handbook.The Handbook brings together leading scholars in the fields of Politics and Performance to map out the evolving interdisciplinary engagement. The authors--drawn from a wide range of disciplines--investigate the relationship between politics and performance to show that certain features of political transactions shared by performances are fundamental to both disciplines, and that they also share, to a large extent, a common communicational base and language. The volume is organized into seven thematic sections: the interdisciplinary theory of politics and performance; performativity and theatricality (protest, regulation, resistance, change, authority); identities (race, gender, sexuality, class, citizenship, indigeneity); sites (states, borders, markets, law, religion); scripts (accountability, authority and legitimacy, security, ceremony, sustainability); body, voice, and gesture (representation, leadership, participation, rhetoric, disruption); and affect (media, care, love empathy, comedy, populism, memory).
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Author: Shirin M. Rai (Professor of Politics and International Studies, Professor of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick) ,
Milija Gluhovic (Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance, Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance, University of Warwick) ,
Silvija Jestrovic (Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies, Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Warwick) ,
Michael Saward (Professor of Politics and International Studies, Professor of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 25.10cm
, Height: 5.30cm
, Length: 18.30cm
Weight: 1.383kg
ISBN: 9780190863456
ISBN 10: 0190863455
Pages: 752
Publication Date: 03 August 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Author Information
Shirin M. Rai is Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick. Milija Gluhovic is Reader in Theatre and Performance at the University of Warwick. Silvija Jestrovic is Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick. Michael Saward is Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick.
