Performing the Body in Irish Theatre
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Performing the Body in Irish Theatre

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Performing the Body in Irish Theatre

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This title examines the representation of the body in Irish theatre alongside the specific circumstances within which Irish theatre is performed, incorporating issues of gender and embodiment, and the performance of Irishness and tradition. The author contextualizes the body in Irish theatre, and includes in-depth analysis of five key productions.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2008
ISBN
9780230582057
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Theatre

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Illustrations
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Introduction: A 'Sense of the Body'
  6. 1 The Absent Body? Performing Tradition
  7. 2 The Inanimate Body: The Great Hunger
  8. 3 The Savage Body: The Saxon Shore
  9. 4 The Dancing Body: Dancing at Lughnasa
  10. 5 The Troubled Body: At the Black Pig's Dyke
  11. 6 The Indeterminate Body: Low in the Dark
  12. 7 The Present Body? Evolving Tradition
  13. Notes
  14. Select Bibliography
  15. Index