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Baz Kershaw - The Politics of Performance. Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention.  - 9780415057639 - V9780415057639
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The Politics of Performance. Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention.

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Description for The Politics of Performance. Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention. Paperback. Addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation of post-war alternative and community theatre. A detailed analysis of oppositional theatre as radical cultural practice. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 123 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.

The Politics of Performance^ addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation into post-war alternative and community theatre. It proposes a theory of performace as ideological transaction, cultural intervention and community action, which is used to illuminate the potential social and political effects of radical performance practice. It raises issues about the nature of alternative theatre as a movement and the aesthetics of its styles of production, especially in relation to progressive counter-cultural formations. It analyses in detail the work of key practitioners in socially engaged theatre during four decades, setting each in the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415057639
SKU
V9780415057639
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