Theatre & Animals

ISBN-13: 9780230361430 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 96 str.

Lourdes Orozco

Opis

Lourdes Orozco considers different representations of animals in performance; suggesting that all animals have the ability to make us question the human, and its relationship to the other. She examines ways in which animals challenge theatre's ability to make meaning, and considers the surrounding ethical, political and social issues.

Spis treści

Series Editors' Preface.- Introduction: A Night in the Theatre.- 1. Theatre and Performance: the 'Odd Fish' within Animal Studies.- 2. Animals in Art, Spectacle and Text: A Brief History.- 3. Animals, Philosophy and Ecology.- 4. Companion Performers and Bio Art: Humans and Animals Share the Stage.- 5. Towards an Ethics of Animals in Performance.- 6. Does the Animal Want to be There?: Agency and Responsibility.- 7. Risks, Accidents and Economics in Animal Performance.- 8. Animals and their Representations in Performance.- Further Reading.- Index.

O autorze

Lourdes Orozco is Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the Workshop Theatre, University of Leeds, UK. She co-edited two special issues of Contemporary Theatre Review focussing on Catalan Theatre and Flemish Theatre, and is currently working on an edited collection, Performing Animality: Animals in Performance Practices, with Jennifer Parker-Starbuck.

Blurb

All animals have the ability to make us question the human, and its relationship to the other.

This cutting-edge text addresses the implications of involving animals in performance. It demonstrates ways in which animals transform theatre's capacity to make meaning, and suggests they expose theatre's negotiations with wider ethical, social and economic questions. Ultimately, the book argues that incorporating animals into performance brings about a reassessment of the ways in which theatre is produced and received.