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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Introduction
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Ecocriticism and Dramatic Literature
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Animals and/in Performance
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Ecoactivism and Performance
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Case Studies in Green Theater
Reviews
"Readings in Performance and Ecology assembles a broad range of essays that take as their respective foci ecological debates, animals in performance, ecoactivism, landscapes and bodies, ecocriticism in dramatic literature, and the practicalities of theatremaking . . . Whereas ecocriticism has emerged from the discipline of literary criticism as a rich subfield, terms such as 'ecodramaturgy' and 'ecodirecting' have not yet carved out a place in the vernacular of theatre and performance studies. This anthology seeks to do this." - The Drama Review
"The book features a very strong collection of essays, which reshape theatre in a field of diverse practices . . . Although theatre is conventionally assumed to be human-centred, the book has perfectly represented the power of the 'other-than-human' world and the outer landscape in the history of drama . . . fascinating and thought-provoking." - Green Letters: Studies in Ecocriticism
"The real strength of this edited collection is Arons and May's guiding vision of 'the fierce, inexorable interconnectivity between nature and human culture' . . . these essays successfully interweave performance and story to show us why and how our telling matters." - ISLE
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Readings in Performance and Ecology
Editors: Wendy Arons, Theresa J. May
Series Title: What is Theatre?
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137011695
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-33728-2Published: 24 April 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-46700-3Published: 07 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-01169-5Published: 30 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2945-6037
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6045
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 243
Topics: Performing Arts, Theatre History