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Author_Stephen Greer
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Exceptionalism
Identity
Individuality
Neoliberalism
Queer studies
Solo performance
Product details
- ISBN 9781526113696
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 23 Nov 2018
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Queer exceptions is a study of contemporary solo performance in the UK and Western Europe that explores the contentious relationship between identity, individuality and neoliberalism. With diverse case studies featuring the work of La Ribot, David Hoyle, Oreet Ashery, Bridget Christie, Tanja Ostojic, Adrian Howells and Nassim Soleimanpour, the book examines the role of singular or ‘exceptional’ subjects in constructing and challenging assumed notions of communal sociability and togetherness, while drawing fresh insight from the fields of sociology, gender studies and political philosophy to reconsider theatre’s attachment to singular lives and experiences. Framed by a detailed exploration of arts festivals as encapsulating the material, entrepreneurial circumstances of contemporary performance-making, this is the first major critical study of solo work since the millennium.
Stephen Greer is Senior Lecturer in Theatre Practices at the University of Glasgow
