Performance in the Blockades of Neoliberalism [electronic resource] : Thinking the Political Anew /
Wickstrom, M.author.
This book ranges from refugee camps in Palestine to halting sites of the Irish Travellers and elsewhere in search of a new politics practiced through performance. Written through the intersection of performance and philosophy, the book refutes neoliberalism's depoliticizing and strategic uses of humanitarianism, human rights, and development.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Making the space of the new present: theatre in Palestine -- Efficacy, sufferers, camps and redistribution: theatre for development and the refugee camp in the heart of the city -- Nomads: Irish Traveller theatre, housing, and appearance -- Exhibited bodies, Mr. Biopower, and the inhuman: a brief continuation and a coda.
This book ranges from refugee camps in Palestine to halting sites of the Irish Travellers and elsewhere in search of a new politics practiced through performance. Written through the intersection of performance and philosophy, the book refutes neoliberalism's depoliticizing and strategic uses of humanitarianism, human rights, and development.
Theater—History.
Performing arts.
Communication.
Theater.
Political theory.
Theatre History.
Performing Arts.
Media Studies.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Political Theory.