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Social housing in performance : the English council estate on and off stage
- Title
- Social housing in performance : the English council estate on and off stage / Katie Beswick.
- Author
- Beswick, Katie
- Publication
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Methuen Drama, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 220 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "This book explores the ways that council estates have been represented in England across a range of performance forms. Drawing on examples from mainstream, site-specific and resident-led performance works, it considers the political potential of contemporary performance practices concerned with the council estate. Depictions of the council estate are brought into dialogue with global representations of what Chris Richardson and Hans Skott-Myhre call the 'hood', to tease out the specific features of the British context and situate the work globally. Katie Beswick's study provides a timely contribution to the ongoing national and global interest in social housing. As the housing market grows ever more insecure, and estates are charged with political rhetoric, theatre and socially engaged art set or taking place on estates takes on a new potency. Mainstream theatre works examined include Rita, Sue and Bob Too and A State Affair at the Soho Theatre, Port at the National Theatre, and DenMarked at the Battersea Arts Centre. The book also explores the National Youth Theatre's Slick and Roger Hiorns' Seizure, as well as community-based and resident led performances by Fourthland, Jordan McKenzie, Fugitive Images and Jane English"--
- Series Statement
- Methuen Drama engage
- Uniform Title
- Methuen drama engage.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Drama.
- History.
- Literary criticism.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-215) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. The council estate, definitions and parameters -- Quotidian performance of the council estate -- Class and the council estate in mainstream theatre -- Located on the estate -- Resident artists -- Conclusion. Three thoughts.
- Call Number
- NCOM 19-4164
- ISBN
- 9781474285216
- 147428521X
- LCCN
- 2018055815
- OCLC
- 1079206328
- Author
- Beswick, Katie, author.
- Title
- Social housing in performance : the English council estate on and off stage / Katie Beswick.
- Publisher
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Methuen Drama, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Methuen Drama engageMethuen drama engage.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-215) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Other Form:
- Online version: Beswick, Katie, author. Social housing in performance. London, UK ; New York, NY : Methuen Drama, 2019. 9781474285193 (DLC) 2019981560
- Research Call Number
- NCOM 19-4164