Teaching Postdramatic Theatre Anxieties, Aporias and Disclosures
This book explores the concept and vocabulary of postdramatic theatre from a pedagogical perspective. It identifies some of the major anxieties and paradoxes generated by teaching postdramatic theatre through practice, with reference to the aesthetic, cul
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Teaching Postdramatic Theatre
Glenn D’Cruz
Teaching Postdramatic Theatre Anxieties, Aporias and Disclosures
Glenn D’Cruz School of Communication & Creative Art Deakin University Burwood, VIC, Australia
ISBN 978-3-319-71684-8 ISBN 978-3-319-71685-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71685-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018936367 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: roman makhmutov / Getty Images Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
After teaching theatre, drama and performance studies for almost 30 years, I am now, more than ever, acutely aware of the gap between the academic vocabularies I use to teach theatre practice and those my students employ to make sense of the same phenomenon. Perhaps this is a consequence of growing older and realising we no longer share common cultural referents. Then again, this generational anxiety about terminology may have more to do with a personal disposition than any general, quantifiable cultural condition. No doubt, readers of this book will form their own opinions about the extent to which my observations and arguments apply to their contexts. I first studied theatre in the 1980s. Although my desire to become an actor inspired my interest in the field, the critical theories popular in this era seduced me. Theatre scholars commonly cited philosophers such as Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze and Michel Foucault and frequently drew on the discourse of postmodernism in the context of explicating experimental theatre. And, like many people of m
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