Screen LibraryOf precariousness : vulnerabilities, responsibilities, communities in 21st-century British drama and theatre /
Drawing on the philosophies of Judith Butler, Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Nancy, this volume examines the ways in which contemporary British drama and theatre engage with 'the precarious'. The analysis of a wide range of plays shows that contemporary (British) drama and...
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
Walter de Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
CDE Studies,
28 |
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| Summary: |
Drawing on the philosophies of Judith Butler, Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Nancy, this volume examines the ways in which contemporary British drama and theatre engage with 'the precarious'. The analysis of a wide range of plays shows that contemporary (British) drama and theatre often realise their thematic and formal/structural potential to the full by reflecting upon the category and the episteme of precariousness. |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 241 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783110546743 3110546744 |
| Index Number: | PN1861 |
| CLC: |
J809.561 I561.073 |
| Call Number: | I561.073/O31 |
| Contents: | Precariousness in drama and theatre: an introduction / Mirela Aragay and Martin Middeke -- On the threshold: precarious hospitalities as utopian imaginings in Pornography, fewer emergencies and The American pilot / Mirela Aragay -- Staging terror and precariousness in Simon Stephens's Pornography and Mark Ravenhill's Shoot/Get treasure/Repeat / Enric Monforte -- Staging Hobbes, or: Theseus goes to the theatre. Precariousness, cultural memory and dystopia in Philip Ridley's Mercury fur / Christian Attinger -- Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem and postmodern precariousness / David Kerler -- Precario |