Theatres of contagion : transmitting early modern to contemporary performance /

"To what extent is theatre a contagious practice, capable of undoing and enlivening people and cultures? Theatres of Contagion responds to some of the anxieties of our current political and cultural climate by exploring theatre's status as a contagious cultural force, questioning its role...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
مؤلفون آخرون: Walsh, Fintan, 1979- (المحرر)
التنسيق: الكتروني كتاب الكتروني
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
سلاسل:Methuen Drama Engage Ser.
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:ProQuest Ebook Central
https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350086012?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
الوصف
الملخص:"To what extent is theatre a contagious practice, capable of undoing and enlivening people and cultures? Theatres of Contagion responds to some of the anxieties of our current political and cultural climate by exploring theatre's status as a contagious cultural force, questioning its role in the spread or control of medical, psychological and emotional conditions and phenomena. Observing a diverse range of practices from the early modern to contemporary period, the volume considers how this contagion is understood to happen and operate, its real and imagined effects, and how these have been a source of pleasure and fear for theatre makers, audiences and authorities. Drawing on perspectives from medicine, neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, law and affect theory, essays investigate some of the ways in which theatre can be viewed as a powerful agent of containment and transmission."
وصف مادي:1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations
بيبلوغرافيا:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ردمك:9781350086012
1350086010
9781350086005
1350086002
DOI:10.5040/9781350086012