Performance in a Militarized Culture
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- ISBN 9781138740808
- Weight: 650g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 13 Sep 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The long cultural moment that arose in the wake of 9/11 and the conflict in the Middle East has fostered a global wave of surveillance and counterinsurgency. Performance in a Militarized Culture explores the ways in which we experience this new status quo. Addressing the most commonplace of everyday interactions, from mobile phone calls to traffic cameras, this edited collection considers:
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- How militarization appropriates and deploys performance techniques
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- How performing arts practices can confront militarization
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- The long and complex history of militarization
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- How the war on terror has transformed into a values system that prioritizes the military
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- The ways in which performance can be used to secure and maintain power across social strata
Performance in a Militarized Culture draws on performances from North, Central, and South America; Europe; the Middle East; and Asia to chronicle a range of experience: from those who live under a daily threat of terrorism, to others who live with a distant, imagined fear of such danger.
Sara Brady is Associate Professor at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY).
Lindsey Mantoan is Assistant Professor at Linfield College.
