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Works of theatre that depict grievous histories derive their force from making audible voices of the past. Such performances, theatrical or tourist, require the attentive belief of spectators. This engaging new study explores how theatricality works in each instance and how 'playing the part' of the listener can be understood in ethical terms.
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"Emma Willis's worthy project, Theatricality, Dark Tourism and Ethical Spectatorship, places works for the theatre in dialogue with place-based memorials. Willis offers us practice-centered analysis for diverse objects of study. Following Willis as she takes on the challenges of these ethical/aesthetic encounters, readers will appreciate the book's ethorough research, sound argumentation, and elegant prose. An ambitious project effectively realized, this is insightful scholarship about a timely subject." - Laurie Beth Clark, University of Wisconsin, USA
About the author
Emma Willis is an academic and artist based in Aotearoa New Zealand where she teaches Drama at the University of Auckland. In addition to publishing performance criticism, she works as a writer, director and dramaturge in theatre, dance and radio.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Theatricality, Dark Tourism and Ethical Spectatorship
Book Subtitle: Absent Others
Authors: Emma Willis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137322654
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-32264-7Published: 22 April 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45847-9Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-32265-4Published: 08 April 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 251
Topics: Performing Arts, Theatre History, Theatre and Performance Studies, Crime and Society, History of Psychology, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging