Theatre and war Theatrical responses since 1991 /

How has the media since the First Gulf War altered political analysis and how has this alteration has in turn affected socially-critical art? Colleran examines more than forty plays, many written in direct response to the 1991 war in Iraq as well as to the 9/11 attacks and the retaliatory actions in...

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Main Authors: Colleran, Jeanne
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: What is theatre?
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137006301
Summary: How has the media since the First Gulf War altered political analysis and how has this alteration has in turn affected socially-critical art? Colleran examines more than forty plays, many written in direct response to the 1991 war in Iraq as well as to the 9/11 attacks and the retaliatory actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137006295.
Carrier Form: 252 p.
ISBN: 9781137006295
9781137006301 :
1137006307 :
CLC: I561.065
Contents: Introduction: Spectator of Calamities Five Political Crises: The New Semiotic Environment Turning History into Happening The Persians From the Ruins of 9/11: Grief and Terror Facing Terror War Documents Bodies Count The Spectacle of Our Suffering.