Anthropology, Theatre, and Development: The Transformative Potential of Performance

by Alex Flynn and Jonas Tinius

Book Overview

From Pussy Riot and the Arab Spring to Italian mafia dance, this collection provides an interdisciplinary analysis of relational reflexivity in political performance. By putting anthropological theory into dialogue with international development scholarship and artistic and activist practices, this book highlights how aesthetics and politics interrelate in precarious spheres of social life. The contributors of this innovative interdisciplinary volume...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137350598
• ISBN13: 9781137350596
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"