Theater in a Post-Truth World: Texts, Politics, and Performance
William C. Boles, "Theater in a Post-Truth World: Texts, Politics, and Performance "
English | ISBN: 1350215856 | 2022 | 240 pages | PDF | 10 MB
English | ISBN: 1350215856 | 2022 | 240 pages | PDF | 10 MB
This is the first book to examine how the concept and disagreements around post-truth have been explored in the world of theater and performance. It covers a wide spectrum of manifestations and expressions-from the plays of Caryl Churchill, Anne Washburn, and David Henry Hwang, to the inherent theatricality of press conferences, FBI interviews and protests that embrace the confusion created by post-truth rhetoric to muddy issues and deflect blame, to theatrical performance, where the nature of truth is challenged through staged visuals which run counter to what the audience hears, provoking a debate about where the truth actually lies.
With contributions by scholars from around the world,
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