World Stages, Local Audiences: Essays on Performance, Place and Politics (Theatre: Theory-Practice-Performance)
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: March 16, 2010
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780719081743
Subjects: Arts & Photography -- Performing Arts -- Theater -- History & Criticism; Entertainment; Teens -- Authors, A-Z -- ( D ) -- Dickinson, Peter
Description: This title argues that the forms of intimacy and identification that come from being part of a local performance public provide a potential model for rethinking our roles as world citizens. It maps the spaces of connection and contestation produced by different communities in response to global sports spectacles to analyze 'livability'.