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Performance, Feminism and Affect in Neoliberal Times
. Ed(S): Diamond, Elin; Varney, Denise
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Hardback. Editor(s): Diamond, Elin; Varney, Denise. Series: Contemporary Performance Interactions. Num Pages: 331 pages, 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFC; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book is a provocative new study of global feminist activism that opposes neoliberal regimes across several sites including Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the United States. The feminist performative acts featured in the book contest the aggressive unravelling of collectively won gains in gender, sexual and racial equality, the appearance of new planes of discrimination, and the social consequences of political economies based on free market ideology. The investigations of affect theory follow the circulation of intensities – of political impingements on bodies, subjective and symbolic violence, and the shock of dispossession – within and beyond individuals ... Read more
This book is a provocative new study of global feminist activism that opposes neoliberal regimes across several sites including Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the United States. The feminist performative acts featured in the book contest the aggressive unravelling of collectively won gains in gender, sexual and racial equality, the appearance of new planes of discrimination, and the social consequences of political economies based on free market ideology. The investigations of affect theory follow the circulation of intensities – of political impingements on bodies, subjective and symbolic violence, and the shock of dispossession – within and beyond individuals ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Performance Interactions
Number of Pages
315
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137598097
SKU
V9781137598097
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About . Ed(S): Diamond, Elin; Varney, Denise
Elin Diamond is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Rutgers University, USA. Denise Varney is Professor of Theatre Studies and co-director of the Australian Centre in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Candice Amich is Assistant Professor of English at Vanderbilt University, USA.
Reviews for Performance, Feminism and Affect in Neoliberal Times
“This volume gathers powerful scholarship by a global roster of writers, also including Antje Budde, Sue-Ellen Case, Charlotte Canning, Sandra D’Urso, Sarah French, Rebecca Jennison, Aoife Monks, and Urmimala Sarkar Munsi. It details and analyses an extraordinary array of performance and art practices. It tells a resounding horror story about the global reach of neoliberalism, the disparity it brings, and ... Read more