Metamodernism in Contemporary British Theatre: A Politics of Hope/lessness

by Tom Drayton

Postmodern theatre is dead. A new theatre is rising - one that combines the well-worn postmodern aesthetics of irony, detachment, and deconstruction with a paradoxical interest in authenticity, engagement, and re-construction. Whilst recent scholarship has treated these evolving interests as unrelated shifts in performance aesthetics, this volume proposes a new understanding: that these are part of a wider emerging cultural paradigm - metamodernism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350286427
• ISBN13: 9781350286429
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"