Theatrical Performance and the Forensic Turn

Theatrical Performance and the Forensic Turn
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 355
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ISBN-10 : 9781135009960
ISBN-13 : 1135009961
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Book Synopsis Theatrical Performance and the Forensic Turn by : James Frieze

Download or read book Theatrical Performance and the Forensic Turn written by James Frieze and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary theatre, like so much of contemporary life, is obsessed with the ways in which information is detected, packaged and circulated. Running through forms as diverse as neo-naturalistic playwriting, intimately immersive theatre, verbatim drama, intermedial performance, and musical theatre, a common thread can be observed: theatre-makers have moved away from assertions of what is true and focussed on questions about how truth is framed. Commentators in various disciplines, including education, fine art, journalism, medicine, cultural studies, and law, have identified a ‘forensic turn’ in culture. The crucial role played by theatrical and performative techniques in fuelling this forensic turn has frequently been mentioned but never examined in detail. Political and poetic, Theatrical Performance and the Forensic Turn is the first account of the relationship between theatrical and forensic aesthetics. Exploring a rich variety of works that interrogate and resist the forensic turn, this is a must-read not only for scholars of theatre and performance but also of culture across the arts, sciences and social sciences.


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