Performance and Politics in a Digital Populist Age

This book re-evaluates the role of performance in global politics in the face of populism and the digital mediatisation of political interactions.

Autorentext

Cami Rowe works across the disciplines of Theatre, Performance and International Politics. She holds research degrees in International Politics and Theatre. Based at the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, her research addresses the theatrical elements of global politics and the efficacy of performance interventions.

Inhalt

Part I: Political Populism through the Lens of Performance 1.Performance and Politics 2.Populism and Performance 3.Encounter and Engagement Part II: Political Embodiment in Digital Populist Contexts 4.Embodiment and Perception: Bringing the Inside Out 5.Embodiment and Relationality: Bringing the Outside In Part III: The Affective and Aesthetic Dimensions of Populism and Performance 6.Fear and Failure 7.Pleasure and Beauty