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Precarious spectatorship : theatre and image in an age of emergencies / Sam Haddow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haddow, Sam, author.
- Series:
- Manchester scholarship online.
- Manchester scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater and society--Western countries.
- Theater and society.
- Theater and society--Philosophy.
- Theater audiences--Psychology.
- Theater audiences.
- Theater audiences--Philosophy.
- Emergencies--Press coverage.
- Emergencies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (188 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- This volume is about the ways in which Western spectators are bombarded with 'emergencies' by our press and political institutions. It examines the effect that this has on us and how theatre and performance can try to counteract that effect.
- Contents:
- Introduction : emergencies and spectatorship
- Enemy/ image
- Two tales of my dying neighbours
- 'In the grip of the monster'
- Theatre, exposure and the exterior
- Epilogue
- Appendix : a brief history of emergencies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- ISBN:
- 9781526138439
- 1526138433
- 9781526150448
- 1526150441
- 9781526138422
- 1526138425
- OCLC:
- 1124608686
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