Unsettling Space

Contestations in Contemporary Australian Theatre
2006. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4039-8562-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 220 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

Reihe: Studies in International Performance

This study investigates contestations over spatiality in one culturally composite nation, Australia, where contemporary theatre stages competing cultural and political agendas through space and place. Covering a wide range of plays it will have wide appeal for issues of space, spatiality and territory in all forms of theatre, in all nations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tompkins, Joanne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Spatial Coordinates Mapping Australian Space in Theatre Monuments Contamination The Borders of Identity Conclusion: Haunted Pasts and Methektic Futures Works Cited Index

Über Autor(innen)

JOANNE TOMPKINS is Associate Professor/Reader at the University of Queensland, Australia. Her books include (with Helen Gilbert) and (with Julie Holledge). While co-editing , she co-edited with Ric Knowles and W.B. Worthen. She develops virtual reality models of theatres for research and practical applications.