Dr Alex Mermikides (King's College London, UK), Dr Gianna Bouchard (University of Birmingham, UK), Professor John Lutter
This edited collection focuses on performance practice and analysis that engages with medical and biomedical sciences. After locating the `biologization’ of theatre at the turn of the twentieth century, it examines a range of contemporary practices that respond to understandings of the human body as revealed by biomedical science. In bringing together a variety of analytical perspectives, the book draws on scholars, scientists, artists and practices that are at the forefront of current creative, scientific and academic research. Its exploration of the dynamics and exchange between...
This edited collection focuses on performance practice and analysis that engages with medical and biomedical sciences. After locating the `biologizati...