The Radical in Performance: Between Brecht and Baudrillard by Baz Kershaw (Engli

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Interrogating the crisis in contemporary theatre, this text celebrates the subversive in performance. The study explores the link between a western theatre culture which, says Kershaw, is largely "past its sell-by-date", and the blossoming of postmodern performance.

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The Radical in Performance interrogates the crisis in contemporary theatre, and celebrates the subversive in performance. It is the first full-length study to explore the link between a western theatre culture which, says Kershaw, is largely 'past its sell-by-date' and the blossoming of postmodern performance, much of which has a genuinely radical edge. In staying determinedly poised between Brecht and Baudrillard, modernity and postmodernism, Baz Kershaw identifies crucial resources for the revitalisation of the radical across a wide spectrum of cultural practices. He asks, what next, once political theatre is all but dead, smothered by the promiscuity of the political in postmodern culture? This is a timely, necessary and rigorous book. It will be a compelling read for anyone searching for a critical catalyst for new ways of viewing and doing cultural politics.

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The Radical in Performance investigates the crisis in contemporary theatre, and celebrates the subversive in performance. It is the first full-length study to explore the link between a western theatre which, says Kershaw, is largely outdated and the blossoming of postmodern performance, much of which has a genuinely radical edge. In staying focused on the period between Brecht and Baudrillard, modernity and postmodernism, Baz Kershaw identifies crucial resources for the revitalisation of the radical across a wide spectrum of cultural practices. This is a timely, necessary and rigorous book. It will be a compelling read for anyone searching for a critical catalyst for new ways of viewing and practising cultural politics.

Author Biography

Baz Kershaw is Professor of Drama at the Department of Drama, University of Bristol. He is the author of The Politics of Performance.

Table of Contents

Prologue; Introduction; Part I Theatre and performance; Chapter 1 The limits of theatre; Chapter 2 The excesses of performance; Part II Performance, Part Icipation, power; Chapter 3 Fighting in the streets; Chapter 4 The shadow of oppression; Chapter 5 The death of nostalgia; Chapter 6 The sight of the blind; Epilogue;

Review

'This book is a fascinating and successful attempt to reclaim the political in theatre and performance whilst acknowledging the collapse of the sustaining myths of modernism. It is radical in its scope, ambition and coverage.' - Jonathan Neelands, Research in Drama Education

Details ISBN0415186684 Author Baz Kershaw Language English ISBN-10 0415186684 ISBN-13 9780415186681 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1999 Imprint Routledge Subtitle Between Brecht and Baudrillard Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations Illustrations Edition 1st Short Title RADICAL IN PERFORMANCE DOI 10.1604/9780415186681 UK Release Date 1999-06-24 AU Release Date 1999-06-24 NZ Release Date 1999-06-24 Pages 268 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 1999-06-24 Alternative 9780415186674 DEWEY 792.0904 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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