Performing (for) survival :: Theatre, crisis, extremity

Lisa Anne Peschel; Patrick Duggan

Performing (for) survival : Theatre, crisis, extremity

Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media

Research output: Book/Report › Anthology

Abstract

This book investigates trans-historical and international instances of performance that arise directly out of situations of crisis and extremity to ask what performance is for in such contexts. It explores how people living in oppressive, dangerous or deprived conditions use performance to survive, to express dissent or a desire for change.

Original language	English
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages	251
ISBN (Print)	9781137454263
Publication status	Published - 6 Jan 2016

Keywords

Theatre
Political theatre
War

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