Theatre, Performance and Activism : Gestures towards an Equitable World
- Submitting institution
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The University of Manchester
: A - Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Film and Screen Studies
- Unit of assessment
- 33 - Music, Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Film and Screen Studies : A - Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Film and Screen Studies
- Output identifier
- 186297067
- Type
- T - Other
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- Location
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- Brief description of type
- A collection of critical work
- Open access status
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- Month
- July
- Year
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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A - SALC: Drama
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This co-edited special issue engages a range of scholars and artist-activists in debating the theatrical use of the body in activist performance, with specific focus on the concept and practice of ‘gesture’. For this output Parry is submitting the extended editorial essay (‘Gesture, Theatricality and Protest: Composure on the Precipice’ pp. 300-312 co-authored (50%/50%) with Jenny Hughes and his article on Critical Mass (‘A Theatrical Gesture of Disavowal: The Civility of the Critical Mass Cycle Ride’, pp. 344 – 356) – both converted to open access by the University of Manchester. In selecting gesture as a critical focus for the research, the editors' aim was to counter the many general accounts of theatre activism and/or the political potency of theatre, with an opportunity to develop discussions through a precise point of analysis – the theatrical gesture, over time and geography. The editors envisaged that this would provide a focus for in-depth enquiry into how and why theatrical acts accrue an intense, lasting and resilient charge as part of protest events. Proposals for research articles were solicited from selected researchers, and the content of submissions heavily reflected debates on gender and activism - an unexpected product of our focus. This led to the use of an iconic example of women’s political action from performance history (the figure of Antigone) to develop our understanding of the potency of gesture in political theatre and theatrical acts of protest, and highlight the overarching themes of the journal content in the editorial introduction.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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