Theatrical performance and the forensic turn / James Frieze.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frieze, James, 1967- author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater and society.

Truth in literature.

Reality in literature.

Physical Description:

ix, 237 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"Contemporary theatre, like so much of contemporary life, is obsessed with the ways of which information is detected, packaged and circulated. Running through forms as diverse as neo-naturalistic playwriting, intimately immersive theatre, verbatim drama, intermedial performance, and musical theatre, a common thread can be observed: theatre-makers have moved away from assertions of what is true and focused on questions about how truth is framed. Commentators in various disciplines, including education, fine art, journalism, medicine, cultural studies, and law, have identified a 'forensic turn' in culture. The crucial role played by theatrical and performative techniques in fuelling this forensic turn has frequently been mentioned, but never examined in detail. Political and poetic, Theatrical Performance and the Forensic Turn is the first account of the relationship between theatrical and forensic aesthetics. Exploring a rich variety of works that interrogate and resist the forensic turn, this is a must-read not only for scholars of theatre and performance, but of culture across the arts, sciences and social sciences"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : theatrical performance in the forensic turn

Data chaos and the verification void

I'm seen therefore I am : romance in the forensic turn

The hypothetical real vs. the interiority illusion

Life throes : the strange case of the diehard corpse

Undead domesticity : naturalism and home in the forensic turn

Open dialogue as prefigurative performance : re-assembling the forum (part I)

Effects of infinity : re-assembling the forum (part II).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Frieze, James, 1967- author. Theatrical performance and the forensic turn

ISBN:

9780415854504

0415854504

OCLC:

1088602808