Performance and the City
| Author | : Kim Solga |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 275 |
| Release | : 2016-04-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780230305212 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0230305210 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (210 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Performance and the City by : Kim Solga
Download or read book Performance and the City written by Kim Solga and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education Excellence in Editing Award 2016 Urban studies has long understood the city as a 'text'. What would it mean now to use performance to rethink that metaphor? Performance and the City queries the role theatre and performance play in urban policy, architecture, and civic history, while also exploring their important place in the memories created in the wake of urban trauma.