Theatricality, Dark Tourism and Ethical Spectatorship [electronic resource] : Absent Others /
Willis, E.author.
Works of theatre that depict grievous histories derive their force from making audible voices of the past. Such performances, theatrical or tourist, require the attentive belief of spectators. This engaging new study explores how theatricality works in each instance and how 'playing the part' of the listener can be understood in ethical terms.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes for the Traveller: Introduction to the Journey Ahead; A small act, a question; Evolution of memory; Itinerary; Otherwise; 1 Landscapes of Aftermath; Dark tourism: a peculiar entertainment; Tourism and theatrical affect; Pilgrim, witness, bystander, observer: the roles of the spectator; Ethics and ''the inter-human drama''; 2 Performing Museums and Memorial Bodies: Theatre in the Shadows of the Crematoria; Sachsenhausen, Auschwitz, Dachau: a personal journey; Theatre of the void; Theatrical affect and the presence of the dead
Akropolis and ethical memory: the role of the audience3 Vietnam: ''Not the bullshit story in the Lonely Planet''; Doing the twist in this dirty little war; Cu Chi: ''Vietnam''s answer to Disneyland''; Meta-theatre; Curtain call; 4 ''Here was the place'': (Re)Performing Khmer Rouge Archives of Violence; Facing the past: Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek; Catherine Filloux''s Photographs from S-21; Broken face: Rithy Panh''s S21: Khmer Rouge Killing Machine; Demonstrations of difficulty; 5 Lost in Our Own Land: Re-Enacting Colonial Violence; Setting the scene; The performance; Memorials of dissent
6 ''The world watched'': Witnessing GenocideMaria Kizito: understanding the connectedness of the world; Murambi: the affect of the dead; Finally; 7 Phantom Speak; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Works of theatre that depict grievous histories derive their force from making audible voices of the past. Such performances, theatrical or tourist, require the attentive belief of spectators. This engaging new study explores how theatricality works in each instance and how 'playing the part' of the listener can be understood in ethical terms.
Performing arts.
Theater-History.
Theater.
Crime-Sociological aspects.
Psychology
Performing Arts.
Theatre History.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Crime and Society.
History of Psychology.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.