Performing Statecraft - The Postdiplomatic Theatre of Sovereigns, Citizens, and States (Hardcover)

The crafts of governance and diplomacy are spectacular, theatrical, and performative. Performing Statecraft investigates the performances of states, their leaders, and their citizens on an expanded field of the global arts of statecraft to consider the role of performance in the domestic and international affairs of states, and the interventions into global politics by artists, scholars, and activists. Treating theatre as both an art form and a practice of political actors, this book draws together scholarship on the embodied dimensions of governance, the stagecraft of revolution, arts activism on the world stage, sports performance by heads of state, the performativity of national dress, speechmaking and colonialism, war and medicine, singing diplomats, indigenous sovereignties, and performed nationalisms. It brings the perspective and methods of performance studies to bear on global politics, offering exciting new insights into encounters between states, sovereigns, and people. Whether one is watching a campaign speech, a nightly news broadcast, a sacred dance, or a play about global conflict, these chapters make clear the importance of performance as a tool wielded by amateurs and professionals to articulate the nation in global spaces.

General

Imprint:	Methuen Drama
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Methuen Drama Agitations: Text, Politics and Performances
Release date:	November 2022
Editors:	James R Ball
Series editors:	Anja Hartl • William C. Boles
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-28517-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Diplomacy Promotions
LSN:	1-350-28517-X
Barcode:	9781350285170

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