Theatre and Human Rights After 1945 - by Mary Luckhurst & Emilie Morin (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This volume investigates the rise of human rights discourses manifested in the global spectrum of theatre and performance since 1945. The supposedly 'unspeakable things' of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have been consistently dissected by theatre practitioners seeking to challenge, educate and reform. Essays highlight the significant and unique role of theatre in challenging political, social and economic oppression; in recognizing trauma and taboo; acting as a protest and campaigning vehicle; and in raising awareness about life and death matters. Contributors create a passionate and provocative dialogue between the disciplines of theatre and performance, human rights, and trauma studies. Essays address topics such as disability, indigenous rights, discrimination, torture, gender violence, genocide and elder abuse, and contributors include world-leading experts Cathy Caruth and Catherine Cole. This is an indispensable book for students and academics committed to theatres of protest and political change.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Editors ... have collected an impressive range of international perspectives on human rights and theatre. ... What the volume as a whole achieves is an insistence on theatre's roles in wider cultural (often global) contexts that are about testimony, the recognition of past injustices, mediation, advocacy, and potential catharsis. Contributors offer engaging accounts of examples from a range of places (and eras) in which performance speaks of and through human rights abuses at the level of institutions, states, and international collusion." (Aylwyn Walsh, New Theatre Quarterly, Vol. 33 (1), February, 2017)</p><p>"I describe this book as vital to playwrights, artistic directors and serious artistic thinkers alike. ... I learned much from this book and it will assist my own work as a playwright. ... I suggest that whether you are a theatre practitioner or an audience member, your stage experience will be improved by reading these essays. As I said at the outset, Mary Luckhurst and Emilie Morin have compiled and edited a vital series of essays." (Hubert O'Hearn, San Diego Book Review, October, 2015)</p><p><br></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Ananda Breed, University of East London, UK Marvin Carlson, City University of New York, USA Cathy Caruth, Cornell University, USA Maryrose Casey, Monash University, Australia Michael M. Chemers, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Catherine M. Cole, University of California, Berkeley, USA Emma Cox, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Mark Fleishman, University of Cape Town, South Africa Mary Luckhurst, University of Melbourne, Australia Michael McAteer, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary Carol Martin, New York University, USA Emilie Morin, University of York, UK
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