Applied theatre : aesthetics /
"Applied Theatre: Aesthetics re-examines how the idea of 'the aesthetic' is relevant to performance in social settings. The disinterestedness that traditional aesthetics claims as a key characteristic of art makes little sense when making performances with ordinary people, rooted in t...
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London, UK ; New York :
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama,
2015.
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| Series: | Applied theatre
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Aesthetics and the Aesthetic (Gareth White)
- Chapter 2. Aesthetic Autonomy and Heteronomous Aesthetics (Gareth White)
- Chapter 3. Dancing With Difference: Moving Towards a New Aesthetics (Nicola Shaughnessy, University of Kent, UK)
- Chapter 4. Revolutionary Beauty Out of Homophobic Hate (Mojisola Adebayo, Queen Mary, University of London, UK)
- Chapter 5. Competing International Players and their Aesthetic Imperatives:The Future of Internationalised Applied Theatre Practice? (Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta)
- Chapter 6. Aesthetic Play: Between Performance and Justice (Ananda Breed, University of East London, UK)
- Chapter 7. The Political Imagination and Contemporary Theatre for Youth (Anna Hickey-Moody, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)
- Chapter 8. The Aesthetics of Becoming; Applied Theatre and the Quest for Cultural Certitude (Brian Heap, University of West Indies)
- Epilogue (Gareth White).