Vol 10 Performances of Resistance, Resisting Performance

Edited by Helena Grehan

Taking its cure from the recent provocations of Jodi Dean, this issue considers the problems and possibilities of resistance.

Articles: C.J. W.-L. Wee, Susan Bennett, Lara Stevens, Paul Rae, and Konstantina Georgelou.

Interviews: Peter M. Boenisch and Thomas Ostermeir, Edward Scheer and Mike Parr, Samer Al-Saber and Yana Taylor.

Book Reviews: Ian Maxwell on Sara Brady, Caroline Wake on Michael Balfour (ed.), Peter Eckersall on Bruce Baird, Liza-Mare Syron on Glen McGillivray, Sarah Miller on Bryoni Trezise and Caroline Wake (eds.), Rand T. Hazou on Denise Varney, Peter Eckersall, Chris Hudson, and Barbara Hatley.

Table of Contents

Articles

Introduction: Performances of Resistance/Resisting Performance
Helena Grehan
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Contemporary Art, the Contemporary and Late Capitalism | C.J. W.-L. Wee
C.J. W.-L. Wee
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Everyday Resistance | Susan Bennett
Susan Bennett
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Networks of Resistance: Connecting Stage, Street and Social Media in Tony Kushner’s Only We Who Guard The Mystery Shall Be Unhappy
Lara Stevens
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e-Smoker’s Theatre, or, Modern Drama for Vapers | Paul Rae
Paul Rae
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Janez Janša: Acts of Politicisation By Means of Art
Konstantina Georgelou
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Interviews & Dialogues

‘The More Political We Are, the Better We Sell’: A Conversation about the Political Potential of Directing Classical Drama and the Nasty Traps of Today’s Cultural Industry
Thomas Ostermeier, Peter M. Boenisch
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The Resistances of the Body: On Durational Art and Tehching Hsieh
Mike Parr, Edward Scheer
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Reflecting on Palestinian Theatre: A Resilient Theatre of Resistance
Samer Al-Saber, Yana Taylor
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Book Reviews

Sara Brady, Performance, Politics, and the War on Terror: “Whatever It Takes” (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) and Jenny Spencer, ed. Political and Protest Theatre after 9/11: Patriotic Dissent (London: Routledge, 2012)
Ian Maxwell
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Michael Balfour, ed. Refugee Performance: Practical Encounters (Bristol: Intellect, 2013)
Caroline Wake
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Bruce Baird, Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Grey Grits (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)
Peter Eckersall
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Glen McGillivray, ed. Scrapbooks, Snapshots and Memorabilia: Hidden Archives of Performance, edited by Glen McGillivray (Bern: Peter Lang, 2011)
Liza-Mare Syron
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Bryoni Trezise and Caroline Wake, eds. Visions and Revisions: Performance, Memory, Trauma (Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2013)
Sarah Miller
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Denise Varney, Peter Eckersall, Chris Hudson, and Barbara Hatley, Theatre and Performance in the Asia-Pacific: Regional Modernities in the Global Era (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)
Rand T Hazou
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