Voice and New Writing, 1997-2007
Subtitle: Articulating the Demos
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781137432322
Subjects: English drama, history and criticism, 20th century; English drama, history and criticism, 21st century; Expressionism in literature; Voice culture
Description: Voice and New Writing, 1997-2007 uses the voice as a focus for critical enquiry. It explores new writing theatres' claims to 'find' and to represent previously marginalised voices during Tony Blair's decade as Prime Minister. Hearing 'cultural evidence' for what Raymond Williams termed 'structures of feeling' in the articulation of identities, Maggie Inchley attends to the negotiation of accepted etiquettes of articulation and audibility through processes used in writing, voice training and performance. In the voices of theatre this book hears the narrative of betrayal around Anthony Giddens' 'promise of democracy', and an embattled belief in both transparency and dialogue as necessary conditions of representation.--Provided by publisher