Performance, Theatricality and the US Presidency
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- ISBN 9781399509985
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 18 May 2023
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Explores the role of performance in US presidential politics
Combines theoretical argument and original interviews with leaders in U.S. presidential speechwriting
Proposes a new perspective on the contemporary rise of mainstreamed populism by exploring features of populist-style politics through the lens of distrust
Interdisciplinary exploration of the role and function of performance in representative democracy that fully integrates politics and theatre/performance perspectives
Focuses on U.S. presidential politics since Watergate, whilst contextualizing recent developments through historical case studies from the French Revolution to early and turn-of-the-century American presidents
The erosion of trust in politicians and political institutions is a major challenge in early twenty-first-century democratic politics, not least in the United States. This book argues that, rather than being a flaw or corruption, the potential for political distrust must be understood as an essential feature of representative democracy because representation works through performance. The book explores performance as a constellation of factors: scripts, embodiment, ideas of selfhood, and historical norms and ideals. It draws on key scholarship of political representation, rhetoric, and populism; on theories of performativity, theatricality, and acting; and on interviews the author conducted with political speechwriters spanning presidential administrations and campaigns from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama to demonstrate both that distrust is inherent in representative politics and that in mainstreamed populism distrust becomes a focal point around which the theatre of politics revolves.
Julia Peetz is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the School of Theatre and Performance at the University of Warwick. She has previously lectured at Goldsmiths, University of London; the Royal Central School for Speech and Drama; and the University of Surrey. Her work, which has been awarded the Asako Ukukubu Prize (2019) and James Thomas Memorial Prize (2017) and been nominated for the Theatre and Research Association’s Early Career Prize, addresses questions of political representation, democracy, and performance – particularly in the context of the U.S. presidency and in Anglo-American relations. Previous work has been published in Contemporary Theatre Review, Performance Research, Contemporary Political Theory, Studies in Theatre and Performance, and in the Oxford Handbook of Politics and Performance.
