Performance in the Twenty-First Century: Theatres of Engagement

by Andrew Lavender

Book Overview

Performance in the Twenty-First Century: Theatres of Engagement addresses the reshaping of theatre and performance after postmodernism. Andy Lavender argues provocatively that after the 'classic' postmodern tropes of detachment, irony, and contingency, performance in the twenty-first century engages more overtly with meaning, politics and society. It involves a newly pronounced form of personal experience, often implicating the body and/or one's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041559233X
• ISBN13: 9780415592338
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"