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Precarious spectatorship : theatre and image in an age of emergencies / Sam Haddow.

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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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