Overview
- Offers a unique, interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture and warfare
- Puts forth new scholarship by approaching performance broadly and understanding twenty-first century warfare and performance as inextricably linked
- Addresses a range of performance genres not covered here, such as satirical news and post-apocalyptic narratives
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This book examines performance in the context of the 2003 Iraq War and subsequent conflicts with Daesh, or the so-called Islamic State. Working within a theater and performance studies lens, it analyzes adaptations of Greek tragedy, documentary theater, political performances by the Bush administration, protest performances, satiric news television programs, and post-apocalyptic narratives in popular culture. By considering performance across genre and media, War as Performance offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture, warfare, and militarization, and argues that spectacular and banal aesthetics of contemporary war positions performance as a practice struggling to distance itself from appropriation by the military for violent ends. Contemporary warfare has infiltrated our narratives to such an extent that it holds performance hostage. As lines between the military and performance weaken, this book analyzes how performance responds to and potentially shapes war and conflict in the new century.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Lindsey Mantoan is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Linfield College, USA. She is co-editor of Performance in a Militarized Culture and You Win or You Die: Essays on Gender, Death, and Power in Game of Thrones.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: War as Performance
Book Subtitle: Conflicts in Iraq and Political Theatricality
Authors: Lindsey Mantoan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94367-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-94366-4Published: 13 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06839-4Published: 19 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-94367-1Published: 31 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 236
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations
Topics: Performing Arts, Contemporary Theatre, Conflict Studies, US Politics, American Culture