Performing left populism: performance, politics and the people

"This interdisciplinary volume offers new insights into the connections between populism and performance. As a driving force of the contemporary left, populist logic offers a way for progressive politics to radicalize actions against the elite, fostering greater democratization of societies at...

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Weitere Verfasser: Petrović-Lotina, Goran ca. 20./21. Jahrhundert (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York Methuen Drama 2023
Schriftenreihe:Methuen drama agitations: text, politics and performances
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Zusammenfassung:"This interdisciplinary volume offers new insights into the connections between populism and performance. As a driving force of the contemporary left, populist logic offers a way for progressive politics to radicalize actions against the elite, fostering greater democratization of societies at a time of socio-political, sanitary and environmental crisis. Exploring the populist roots of a number of performances, the contributors to this study analyze the potentials and limits of the new forms of left populism for more democratic ways of living together. Combining performance studies and political theory, Performing Left Populism demonstrates how various performance practices give rise to populism. It shows how both civic performances (including grassroots, civil movements, political speeches, state policies and media campaigns) and artistic performances (such as theatre, dance, music and artistic activism) contribute to these processes. By these means, the book examines the processes of constructing ‘a people’ through both the real/civic and imaginary/artistic perspectives. Offering scholars and practitioners a thought-provoking analysis of the ways in which performance can be viewed politically, as a social practice capable of mobilizing alternative ways of living and invigorating democracy, it expands the debate about left populism towards strategies of mobilization, collectivism and democratic politics."
Beschreibung:Includes index
Beschreibung:xv, 210 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781350347045

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