{"product_id":"traumatragedy-symptoms-of-contemporary-performance-9780719099885","title":"TraumaTragedy Symptoms of Contemporary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book advances a new performance theory or mode, ‘trauma-tragedy’, that suggests much contemporary performance can generate the sensation of being present in trauma through its structural embodiment in performance, or ‘presence-in-trauma effects’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis [Duggan] monograph is inspiring, incisive and illustrative of the multiplicities of modes and forms that theatrical and performative engagements with trauma may assume. Last but not least, given that the topic is difficult and even painful to confront with directly, Duggan’s book is enjoyable and achieves a certain balance in this troubled territory., Pavel Drábek, Routledge, Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 19 November 2013|Patrick Duggan’s Trauma-tragedy: Symptoms of contemporary performance is an insightful and timely intervention in the study of late twentieth-century drama and performance., Kevin Wallace, De Gruyter, Book Reviews, 2014|[...] Trauma-tragedy offers an inspiring new insight into the possibilities of theatre in negotiating different kinds of trauma. The book is surely alluring for scholars of Theatre Studies, Trauma and Memory Studies, and practitioners alike., Lisa Skwirblies, Studies in Theatre and Performance, Book Reviews, 2014 -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Trauma’s performative genealogy\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e2. Trauma-tragedy: a structure of feeling \t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e3. Mimetic shimmering and the performative punctum\t\t\u003cbr\u003e4. Performance ‘texts’ as sites of witness\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e5. Being there: the ‘presence’ of trauma\t\t\t        \t\u003cbr\u003e6. Another view\t\t\t\t\t\t\t       \t\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Trauma-tragedy and the contemporary moment\t\t\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037357801815,"sku":"9780719099885","price":19.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719099885.jpg?v=1750935431","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/traumatragedy-symptoms-of-contemporary-performance-9780719099885","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}