1st Edition
Contemporary Irish Theatre and Social Change Activist Aesthetics
By Emer O'Toole
Copyright 2023
182 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
182 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
182 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book uses the social transformation that has taken place in Ireland from the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993 to the repeal of the 8th amendment in 2018 as backdrop to examine relationships between activism and contemporary Irish theatre and performance.
It studies art explicitly intended to create social and political change for marginalised constituencies. It asks what happens... Read more
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Beauty of Change
1 Arambe Productions: A Hammer, Shaping
2 THEATREclub: Class Acts
3 The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival: Confession and Community
4 Art and the 8th: The Feminist Aesthetics of Tara Flynn, Jesse Jones, and the Suffragettes at the Galway Races
Reflections: On Art That Is Activism
Index
Biography
Emer O’Toole is Associate Professor of Irish Performance Studies at the School of Irish Studies, Concordia University.
