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THE POLITICS OF JEAN GENET'S LATE THEATRE
SPACES OF REVOLUTION |
| By: |
Carl Lavery |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0719077133 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780719077135 |
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| Publisher: |
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 2010 |
| Series: |
Theatre: Theory - Practice - Performance |
| Pages: |
264 |
| Description: |
Situates Jean Genet's theatre within the wider social, spatial and political contexts of France in the 1950s and 1960s. This book argues that his theory and practice of political theatre have more in common with the affirmative ideas of thinkers such as Henri Lefebvre, Jacques Ranciere and Alain Badiou. |
| Synopsis: |
Jean Genet and the politics of theatre is the first publication to situate the politics of Genet's theatre within the social, spatial and political contexts of France in the 1950s and 1960s. The book's innovative approach departs significantly from existing scholarship on Genet. Where scholars have tended to bracket Genet as either an absurdist, ritualistic or, more recently, a resistant playwright, this study argues that his theory and practice of political theatre have more in common with the affirmative ideas of thinkers such as Henri Lefebvre, Jacques Ranciere and Alain Badiou. By doing so, the monograph positions Genet as a revolutionary playwright, interested in producing progressive forms of democracy. This original and interdisciplinary reading of Genet's late work will be of interest to students and practitioners of Theatre, as well as those interested in French and History. -- . |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations, black & white |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Manchester University Press |
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