David Schlossman

Actors and Activists

Performance, Politics, and Exchange Among Social Worlds

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Produktbeschreibung

This scholarly work looks at the issue of politics and performance in America today with particular attention paid to performances produced by activists, the NEA Four, and "Miss Saigon."

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First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 162mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 621g
• ISBN-13: 9780815332688
• ISBN-10: 0815332688
• Artikelnr.: 21368668

Autorenporträt

David A. Schlossman is currently teaching in the Master of Liberal Arts program at John Hopkins University. He received his Ph.D. from the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Theater and Drama at Northwestern University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Exchange Between Art Worlds and Political Worlds I. Necessarily
Cumbersome Terminology II. Perennial Questions of Performance and Politics
III. Sociology, Critical Theory, Politics, and Representation IV. An
Exclusive Model for the Intersection of Politics and Performance V.
Methodology VI. Historical Examples of the Intersection of Activism and
Institutional Performance Chapter 2: Political Insiders and Art: Activist
Performance in the 1990s I. Activism II. The Demonstration as Performance
III. Activist Performance IV. Activist Performance and Institutional
Performance Chapter 3: Theater Insiders and Politics: Miss Saigon,
Commercial Theater, Professional Actors, and Activism I. Commercial
Theater, Politics, and Representation II. The Politics of Miss Saigon III.
A Tradition of Activism IV. Activism Goes to the Theater: The Miss Saigon
Controversies Analyzed V. Negotiation of Political Activism by Professional
Actors Chapter 4: Artist-Activists and Blurring Boundaries: Karen Finley,
John Fleck, Holly Hughes, and Tim Miller I. Performance Art, Institutional
Performance, and Politics II. The Activist Performance of the NEA Four III.
Artist-Activists and the National Political Discourse: The NEA
Controversies Conclusion Appendix: Chronology of Major Events Pertaining to
the Cases Bibliography Index