Kim Solga

Theory for Theatre Studies: Space (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Space: it's everywhere, all around, a given. It's abstract and yet not abstract at all, because it governs all human relations, shapes the way we understand our place on the planet, and orients us toward others (for better and for worse). How do theatre scholars understand space and place in performance? What tools do they use to theorize the political work space does on - and beyond - the stage? How can students use these tools to unpack the workings of space and place in the performances they see, the plays they study, and the experiences they have outside their classrooms?

Theory for Theatre Studies: Space provides a comprehensive introduction to the 'spatial turn' in modern theatre and performance theory, exploring topics as diverse as embodied space, environmental performance politics and urban performance studies. The book is written in accessible prose and features in-depth case studies of Platform's audio walk And While London Burns, Katie Mitchell's Fraülein Julie, Young Jean Lee's The Shipment, and Evalyn Parry and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory's Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools. TfTS: Space begins with fresh readings of historical dramatic theory, discusses twentieth-century theoretical trends at length, and ends by asking what it will take (and what work is already underway) to decolonize the Western, settler-colonial stage.

Online resources to accompany this book are available at:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/theory-for-theatre-studies-space-9781350006072

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350006096
• Artikelnr.: 55045054

Autorenporträt

Kim Solga is Associate Professor of English and Writing Studies at Western University, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements

Series Preface

Introduction: Making Room for Space at the Theatre

Locate Yourself
The Way Ahead

Section One: Methodologies and Approaches

The Back Story: The Spaces of Classical Dramatic Theory
Contemporary Lens #1:
Theatre and the Production of Social Space
Contemporary Lens #2:
Genre and "Topographic" Space
Contemporary Lens #3:
The Heterotopic Stage

Section Two: Extended Case Studies

Case Study #1: 'And While London Burns'
Case Study #2: 'Fräulein Julie'
Case Study #3: 'The Shipment'

Section Three: Towards a Decolonized Stage

Locating Settler Colonialism
Seeing Like a Settler
"A Concert and a Conversation": 'Kiinalik - These Sharp Tools'

Notes

Further reading

Bibliography

Index

Rezensionen

Theory for Theatre Studies investigates a wide range of methodologies to corroborate longstanding discourse surrounding space, place, and performance. Solga uses this volume to examine how new understandings of theatrical and performance events can evolve from varying approaches to and in theatrical spaces. A self-proclaimed modern feminist, Solga is also author of Theatre and Feminism (2016) and Violence against Women in Early Modern Performance: Invisible Acts (2009). From speculative queries to in-depth case studies, the present title offers insight into historical dramatic theories and unpacks 20th-century theater trends. Summing Up: Recommended. CHOICE

Theory for Theatre Studies investigates a wide range of methodologies to corroborate longstanding discourse surrounding space, place, and performance. Solga uses this volume to examine how new understandings of theatrical and performance events can evolve from varying approaches to and in theatrical spaces. A self-proclaimed modern feminist, Solga is also author of Theatre and Feminism (2016) and Violence against Women in Early Modern Performance: Invisible Acts (2009). From speculative queries to in-depth case studies, the present title offers insight into historical dramatic theories and unpacks 20th-century theater trends. Summing Up: Recommended. CHOICE