Queer exceptions : solo performance in neoliberal times /

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Queer expectations is a study of contemporary solo performance in the UK and Western Europe that explores the contentious relationship between identity, individuality and neoliberalism. With diverse case studies featuring the work of La Ribot, David Hoyle, Oreet Ashery, Bridget Christie, Tanja Ostoj...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Greer, Stephen, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2019]
Series:Theatre (Manchester, England)
Subjects:
Gays and the performing arts > Great Britain.
Homosexuality in the theater > Great Britain.
Homosexuels et arts du spectacle > Grande-Bretagne.
Homosexualité au théâtre > Grande-Bretagne.
SPORTS & RECREATION > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Gays and the performing arts
Homosexuality in the theater
Great Britain
Monodramas (Literature)
Pièces à un seul personnage.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Locating solo performance
  • The martyr: dramaturgies of endurance, exhaustion and confession
  • The pariah: queer outcasts and the politics of wounded attachment
  • The killjoy: public unhappiness and theatrical scapegoats
  • The stranger: performing 'out-of-placeness' in the UK and Europe
  • The misfit: illness, disability and 'improper' subjects
  • The optimist: alternatives in the here and now.

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