Stages of Terror: Terrorism, Ideology, and Coercion as Theatre History"Every now and then a book comes along so startling in its ingenuity, so crisp and invigorating in its perception and argument, so revealing in its investigation of its subject matter, that one is forced to reevaluate, reconsider, and restructure one's understanding and one's perspectives on theatre, discourse, and history. Such a book is Anthony Kubiak's Stages of Terror." -- Theatre Studies ..". quite compelling. It is rich and complete while leaving plenty of room for further development... " -- Text and Performance Quarterly Using Aristotle's Poetics as its point of departure, Anthony Kubiak traces the forms or "stages" of terror as a cultural and performative principle through English Renaissance and Restoration plays, through the modern and postmodern, to contemporary terrorist "theatres." |
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Page 39
... actual murders and catastrophes were staged to satisfy the demand for less ( or more ? ) theatre . 23 Accordingly , the context of legality and justice in the theatre and in so- ciety would change as the nature of their representative ...
... actual murders and catastrophes were staged to satisfy the demand for less ( or more ? ) theatre . 23 Accordingly , the context of legality and justice in the theatre and in so- ciety would change as the nature of their representative ...
Page 132
... actual body " stolen . . . at birth by the thieving god " 21 and concealed in the locus of the Other before its torture , inscription , and secretion beneath the signifier . In the theatre of cruelty we are at the very edges of the ...
... actual body " stolen . . . at birth by the thieving god " 21 and concealed in the locus of the Other before its torture , inscription , and secretion beneath the signifier . In the theatre of cruelty we are at the very edges of the ...
Page 144
... actual violence upon their own bodies , or submitted their bodies to potentially lethal danger . Moreover , the impetus to self - inflicted violence that we see in body art erupts in other modes of performance as well . Some of the ...
... actual violence upon their own bodies , or submitted their bodies to potentially lethal danger . Moreover , the impetus to self - inflicted violence that we see in body art erupts in other modes of performance as well . Some of the ...
Contents
Trial and Terror | 26 |
Trope to Tragedy | 48 |
Gesturing through the Flames | 72 |
Copyright | |
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Stages of Terror: Terrorism, Ideology, and Coercion as Theatre History Anthony Kubiak No preview available - 1991 |
Stages of Terror: Terrorism, Ideology, and Coercion as Theatre History Anthony Kubiak No preview available - 1991 |
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