{"product_id":"9781408184868","title":"Postdramatic Theatre and the Political International Perspectives on Contemporary Performance","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMethuen Drama Engage\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePostdramatic Theatre and the Political\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eInternational Perspectives on Contemporary Performance\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKaren Jürs-Munby | Mark Taylor-Batty | Jerome Carroll | Enoch Brater | Steve Giles\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs postdramatic theatre political and if so how? How does it relate to Brecht's ideas of political theatre, for example? How can we account for the relationship between aesthetics and politics in new forms of theatre, playwriting, and performance?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe chapters in this book discuss crucial aspects of the issues raised by the postdramatic turn in theatre in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century: the status of the audience and modes of spectatorship in postdramatic theatre; the political claims of postdramatic theatre; postdramatic theatre's ongoing relationship with the dramatic tradition; its dialectical qualities, or its eschewing of the dialectic; questions of representation and the real in theatre; the role of bodies, perception, appearance and theatricality in postdramatic theatre; as well as subjectivity and agency in postdramatic theatre, dance and performance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffering analyses of a wide range of international performance examples, scholars in this volume engage with Hans-Thies Lehmann's theoretical positions both affirmatively and critically, relating them to other approaches by thinkers ranging from early theorists such as Brecht, Adorno and Benjamin, to contemporary thinkers such as Fischer-Lichte, Rancière and others\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Jerome Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e is lecturer in German Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Giles\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of German Studies and Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has contributed to \u003ci\u003eBrecht on Art and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (Methuen Drama, 2003) as well as authoring books on Modern European Drama and Critical Theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Karen Jürs-Munby\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Lancaster, UK. She translated and wrote a critical introduction for Hans-Thies Lehmann's \u003ci\u003ePostdramatic Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e (2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 February 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781408184868\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331652223116,"sku":"9781408184868","price":34.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_463ed70a-e8ce-4988-8341-731aee001cf5.jpg?v=1783598228","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781408184868","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}