`A major contribution to the developing field of the study of cultural performance ... a very impressive collection of essays from a number of the leading schol

Performance and Cultural Politics is a groundbreaking collection of essays which explore the historical and cultural territories of performance, written by the

Addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation of post-war alternative and community theatre. A

Black Movements analyzes how artists and activists of recent decades reference earlier freedom movements in order to imagine and produce a more expansive and in

Rituals and performances are a key theme in the study of nations and nationalism. With the aim of stimulating further research in this area, this book explores,