World stages, local audiences : essays on performance, place, and politics /

World stages, local audiences : essays on performance, place, and politics /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dickinson, Peter, 1968-
Imprint:	Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Description:	xii, 260 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Theatre. theory, practice, performance Theatre (Manchester, England)
Subject:	Performing arts -- Audiences. Performing arts -- Social aspects. Performing arts -- Audiences. Performing arts -- Social aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8133700

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ISBN:	9780719081743 0719081742
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-255) and index.
Summary:	This title argues that the forms of intimacy and identification that come from being part of a local performance public provide a potential model for rethinking our roles as world citizens. It maps the spaces of connection and contestation produced by different communities in response to global sports spectacles to analyze 'livability'.
Other form:	Online version: Dickinson, Peter, 1968- World stages, local audiences. Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2010

Table of Contents:

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction: near and far
1. One world, two cities: Olympic showcases in Beijing and Vancouver
2. Love is a battlefield: the performance and politics of same-sex marriage in North America and beyond
3. Travels with Tony Kushner and David Beckham
4. Brothers' keepers, or, the performance of mourning: queer rituals of remembrance
Coda: 1 December 2007 - changing direction/Lost Action
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Index