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Disaster capitalism is an increasingly popular critical paradigm for contextualizing and understanding life in the twenty-first century. This book includes three full-length plays by award-winning dramatist Rick Mitchell: Shadow Anthropology, a dark comedy about the US occupation of Afghanistan; Through the Roof, a Faustian trip through the social history of natural disaster in New Orleans; and Celestial Flesh, a sacrilegious romp through the 1980s sanctuary movement. Placing the plays in historical and thematic context, the author introduces the collection with an essay examining catastrophe, capitalism, and what he calls “Apocalypse Theater for the Twenty-First Century.”



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'Funny! Provocative! Stunningly poignant! Rick Mitchell is a great American playwright.'

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Catastrophe everywhere: Apocalypse theater for the twenty-first century The plays Shadow Anthropology Through the Roof Celestial Flesh

Disaster Capitalism: Or Money Can't Buy You Love

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      Publisher: Intellect Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/10/2011
      ISBN13: 9781841504308, 978-1841504308
      ISBN10: 1841504300

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Disaster capitalism is an increasingly popular critical paradigm for contextualizing and understanding life in the twenty-first century. This book includes three full-length plays by award-winning dramatist Rick Mitchell: Shadow Anthropology, a dark comedy about the US occupation of Afghanistan; Through the Roof, a Faustian trip through the social history of natural disaster in New Orleans; and Celestial Flesh, a sacrilegious romp through the 1980s sanctuary movement. Placing the plays in historical and thematic context, the author introduces the collection with an essay examining catastrophe, capitalism, and what he calls “Apocalypse Theater for the Twenty-First Century.”



      Trade Review

      'Funny! Provocative! Stunningly poignant! Rick Mitchell is a great American playwright.'

      * Edward James Olmos *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction
      Catastrophe everywhere: Apocalypse theater for the twenty-first century The plays Shadow Anthropology Through the Roof Celestial Flesh

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