L.M. Bogad (Davis University of California)

Performing Truth

Works of Radical Memory for Times of Social Amnesia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Performing Truth answers the most pressing questions facing any theatre makers who are wrestling with how to present historical, political or socioeconomic information in an engaging, entertaining and galvanising way.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 234mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780367490331
• ISBN-10: 0367490331
• Artikelnr.: 62152324

Autorenporträt

L.M. Bogad is Professor of political performance and Chair of the Theatre and Dance Department at UC Davis. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, and author of the books Tactical Performance: The Theory and Practice of Serious Play, Electoral Guerrilla Theatre: Radical Ridicule and Social Movements, the plays Orwell's War, Haymarket, and Tahrir, and creator/host of The Plague podcast.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Plotting Your Radical Memory Adventure - Paloma Martinez-Cruz
Introduction Infectious Dissent: Cultural Vaccines for the Political Pandemic in Progress.
Chapter 1 COINTELSHOW: A Patriot Act
Chapter 2 ECONOMUSIC: Keeping Score
Chapter 3 POSSIBLE PASTS/FORGOTTEN FUTURES: Santiago 9/11/1973
INTERMISSION: A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS
Chapter 4 THE REVOLT OF THE FOOTNOTES
Chapter 5 A FAIR FIGHT
Chapter 6 GGPS: The Guillermo Gómez-Peña Global Positioning System
Chapter 7 THE AUTHORITARIAN BODY: Performing Politicians
Chapter 8 GLAMORGEDDON: Limonauts Gamble for Oakland-land
Chapter 9 A Collection of Street Theatre Scripts