172 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
172 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
172 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book is about some of the ways we remember the dead through performance. It examines the dramaturgical techniques and strategies that enable artists to respond to the imperative: ‘Remember Me’ – the command King Hamlet’s ghost gives to his son in Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, Hamlet . The book develops the concept of hauntological dramaturgy by engaging with a series of performances that... Read more
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Hauntological Dramaturgy
Chapter 1: Memorialisation, Memory and Practices of Archival Care
Chapter 2: Re-Member Me: Ian Charleson
Chapter 3: The Anarchival Reactivation of Rumstick Road (1977/2014)
Chapter 4: Re-membering Anto D’Cruz: Intergenerational Trauma and Object-Oriented Dramaturgy
Chapter 5: Re-membering David McComb: Sonic Hauntology and Uncanny Australia
Chapter 6: Can’t Help Thinking About ‘Me’: the Hauntological Dimensions of David Bowie’s ‘Auto-Eulogy’
Index
Biography
Glenn D’Cruz is Associate Professor of Art and Performance and teaches drama and cultural studies at Deakin University, Australia.
