Views, Positions, Legacies
This book collects 24 interviews with German and British theatre artists over 20 years. Actors, directors, and dramatists discuss boulevard comedy, Brecht’s legacy, and seminal productions like Sir Richard Eyre’s account of his Hamlet at the Royal Court.
Visual Conflicts
This collection of essays explores how visual cultures engage with armed conflict and violence. Each author considers how visual representations of conflict across various media—from painting to photography—shape the meanings of events, identity, and memory.
This book examines the 2011 Occupy LSX protest at St Paul’s Cathedral in relation to media spectacle. Based on extensive ethnographic research, it demonstrates how protestors subverted media and manifested formidable resistance to capitalism.
Visualizing Rituals
The essays in this compilation examine the dynamic relationship between art and ritual. Drawing from art historical and theoretical discourses, these papers seek new ways of defining both, with topics ranging from Ancient Greek temples to the art of Kahinde Wiley.
This volume of essays dissects critical issues in postcolonial African theatre. It moves beyond conventional theory to focus on the concrete realities practitioners face, exploring diverse topics from censorship and cultural policy to text, performance, and production.
This book crosses world cultures to highlight women as creators and as subjects. From the politics of Aztec women’s bodies to female artists in the Global South, chapters offer historical, artistic, and literary perspectives on women in art, literature, and film across the globe.
Women Willing to Fight
This collection of essays explores the fighting woman in Hollywood cinema. Authors examine her changing role and the emergence of the physically empowered woman whose body is a weapon. It considers how and why mortal women fight and what they are fighting for.