{"product_id":"9781474246316","title":"Theory for Theatre Studies: Bodies","description":"\u003ch3\u003eTheory for Theatre Studies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTheory for Theatre Studies: Bodies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSoyica Diggs Colbert | Kim Solga | Susan Bennett\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does theatre shape the body and perceptions of it? How do bodies on stage challenge audience assumptions about material evidence and the truth?  \u003ci\u003eTheory for Theatre Studies: Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e responds to these questions by examining how theatre participates in and informs theories of the body in performance, race, queer, disability, trans, gender, and new media studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the 20th century, theories of the body have shifted from understanding the body as irrefutable material evidence of race, sex, and gender, to a social construction constituted in language. In the same period, theatre has struggled with representing ideas through live bodies while calling into question assumptions about the body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume demonstrates how theatre contributes to understanding the historical, contemporary and burgeoning theories of the body. It explores how theories of the body inform debates about labor conditions and spatial configurations.  Theatre allows performers to shift an audience's understandings of the shape of the bodies on stage, possibly producing a reflexive dynamic for consideration of bodies offstage as well. In addition, casting choices in the theatre, most recently and popularly in \u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003c\/i\u003e, question how certain bodies are “cast” in social, historical, and philosophical roles. Through an analysis of contemporary case studies, including\u003ci\u003e The Balcony, Angels in America, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Father Comes Home from the Wars,\u003c\/i\u003e this volume examines how the theatre \u003ci\u003etheorizes\u003c\/i\u003e bodies. Online resources are also available to accompany this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSoyica Colbert\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of African American Studies and Theater and Performance Studies at Georgetown University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe African American Theatrical Body: Reception, Performance and the Stage\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Movements: Performance and Cultural Politics\u003c\/i\u003e. Colbert co-edited \u003ci\u003eThe Psychic Hold of Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently working on two books projects, a monograph, “Becoming Free: An Intellectual Biography of  Lorraine Hansberry,” and a co-edited collection, \u003ci\u003eRace and Performance After Repetition\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 October 2021\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\u003e9781474246316\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\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332435411084,"sku":"9781474246316","price":22.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_3515e1d3-faf1-4a8d-b49d-05a0a2323deb.jpg?v=1783603334","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781474246316","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}