Performance on Behalf of the Environment

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Human degradation of the environment has been documented by scholars across a range of disciplines: the global temperature of the planet continues to rise, abandoned industrial sites stain once vibrant communities, and questions about the purity of our water and foods linger. In the shadow of these material conditions, concerned citizens have reacted by issuing critiques against careless consumerism and excessive lifestyles. Their hope is to illustrate and inspire alternative ways of living. As part of such efforts and activism, some have turned to performance as a means to investigate matters further, pose challenges and questions, and enact new ways of being and thinking in a globalized world. Performance on Behalf of the Environment is a collection of essays from a diverse group of scholars that explore critically the strengths, limitations, and processes of what can be termed environmental performances.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-11-26
Mått:161 x 235 x 27 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739174982

Utforska kategorier

Miljövetenskap och miljöpolitik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Richard D. Besel is an associate professor in the Communication Studies Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Jnan A. Blau is an associate professor in the Communication Studies Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Recensioner i media

Brimming with vital insight and important questions, this volume stages productive and timely incursions into urgent discussions around performance and environmental stewardship.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Introduction: Performance on Behalf of the EnvironmentJnan A. Blau and Richard D. BeselPART I: PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCESChapter 2: It’s a Party, Not a Protest: Environmental Community, Co-Incident Performance, and the San José Bike PartyDavid Terry and Anne Marie ToddChapter 3: Performing Nonhuman Liberation: How the ALF and ELF Rupture the Political ImaginationJason Del GandioChapter 4: Eco-Comedy Performance: An Alchemy of Environmentalism and HumorAlison BodkinChapter 5: Embodied Perspective by Incongruity: Environmental Critique in an Age of PerformanceRichard D. BeselPART II: PLACES AND SPACESChapter 6: Reinhabiting the Land: From Vacant Lot to Garden PlotBarbara Willard Chapter 7: “Progress Fell Upon Us”: Ecotourism, Culture, and Performance in the Peruvian AmazonJnan A. BlauChapter 8: “On Finding Ways of Being”: Kinesthetic Empathy in Dance and EcologyJulia HandschuhChapter 9: Indeterminate Hikes+: Hiking Through the Urban Wilderness Leila Nadir and Cary PeppermintPART III: MATERIALS AND PROCESSESChapter 10: Indigenous Theatre in Global Times: Situated Knowledge and Ecological Communities in Salmon Is Everything and Burning Vision Theresa MayChapter 11: Staging Sustainable Shakespeare: “Greening” the Bard While Advancing Institutional MissionRay Schultz and Jess LarsonChapter 12: Puppet Planets and Spirit Soldiers: Staging Ecological Representations in Baby Universe and Forgotten World Courtney Ryan