World Stages, Local Audiences: Essays on Performance, Place and Politics

By Peter Dickinson

This book argues that local performance events offer a way to read the world, and an opportunity to remake that world, helping to foster a global political consciousness. Surveying a wide array of theatre, dance, performance and visual art, as well as sporting contests, marriage ceremonies human rights protests, even acts of extreme weather.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719081742
• ISBN13: 9780719081743
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"