{"product_id":"9783030797812","title":"Madness in Contemporary British Theatre: Resistances and Representations","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMadness in Contemporary British Theatre: Resistances and Representations\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eVenn, Jon\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book considers the representation of madness in contemporary British\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003etheatre, examining the rich relationship between performance and mental health,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eand questioning how theatre can potentially challenge dominant understandings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eof mental health. Carefully, it suggests what it means to represent madness in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003etheatre, and the avenues through which such representations can become\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eradical, whereby theatre can act as a site of resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngaging with the heterogeneity of madness, each chapter covers different\u003c\/p\u003e\n\nattributes and logics, including: the constitution and institutional structures of\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ethe contemporary asylum; the cultural idioms behind hallucination; the means by\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ewhich suicide is apprehended and approached; how testimony of the mad person\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eis interpreted and encountered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a study that interrogates a wide range of British theatre across the past 30\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eyears, and includes a theoretical interrogation of the politics of madness, this is\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ea crucial work for any student or researcher, across disciplines, considering the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003epolitics of madness and its relationship to performance.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2021-08-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030797812\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-79782-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 222\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47531339710604,"sku":"9783030797812","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030797812.jpg?v=1776052433","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030797812","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}