Theatre and War [electronic resource] : Theatrical Responses since 1991 /
Colleran, J.author.
How has the media since the First Gulf War altered political analysis and how has this alteration has in turn affected socially-critical art? Colleran examines more than forty plays, many written in direct response to the 1991 war in Iraq as well as to the 9/11 attacks and the retaliatory actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: spectator of calamities -- Five political crises: the new semiotic environment -- Turning history into happening -- The Persians -- From the ruins of 9/11: grief and terror -- Facing terror -- War documents -- Bodies count -- The spectacle of our suffering.
How has the media since the First Gulf War altered political analysis and how has this alteration has in turn affected socially-critical art? Colleran examines more than forty plays, many written in direct response to the 1991 war in Iraq as well as to the 9/11 attacks and the retaliatory actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Theater-History.
Performing arts.
Military history.
Literature.
Politics and war.
Theater.
Theatre History.
Performing Arts.
History of Military.
Literature, general.
Military and Defence Studies.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Documentary theater