{"product_id":"radical-theatrics-9780295994116","title":"Radical Theatrics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom burning draft cards to staging nude protests, much left-wing political activism in 1960s America was distinguished by deliberate outrageousness. This book argues that these over-the-top antics were far more than just the spontaneous actions of a self-indulgent radical impulse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Craig J. Peariso’s work challenges traditional narratives regarding some of North America’s most significant political iconoclasts of the 1960s.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Max Shulman * TDR: The Drama Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRadical Theatrics\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking book that should educate and trouble anyone desperate to change the world and confused about what to do when those efforts stall.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jeremy Varon * Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This intriguing book presents a revisionist revaluation of the more problematic radical edges of political performance art in the United States of the mid-to-late 1960s. . . . Peariso has successfully shown that awkward decade was up for it in many compelling ways. . . . [\u003ci\u003eRadical Theatrics\u003c\/i\u003e] launches a sophisticatedly argued call for newly creating politico-aesthetic styles of ‘anti-representational’ performance.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Baz Kershaw * Studies in Theatre and Performance *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Peariso’s study of ‘failed’ sixties radicalism is an important contribution to our growing understanding of the complexities of radicalism in the postmodern, where performance is everywhere and manifold.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Alan Filewod * Labour \/ Le Travail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction | Stereotypes, Opposition, and “the Sixties” \u003cbr\u003e 1. Monkey Theater \u003cbr\u003e 2. “Watch Out for Pigs in Queen’s Clothing”: Camp and the Image of Radical Sexuality \u003cbr\u003e 3. “Erect . . . Strong . . . Resilient and Firm”: Eldridge Cleaver and the Performance of “Black” Liberation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524701725015,"sku":"9780295994116","price":110.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295994116.jpg?v=1731857808","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/radical-theatrics-9780295994116","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}