Performance in the Blockades of Neoliberalism

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This book ranges from refugee camps in Palestine to halting sites of the Irish Travellers and elsewhere in search of a new politics practiced through performance. Written through the intersection of performance and philosophy, the book refutes neoliberalism's depoliticizing and strategic uses of humanitarianism, human rights, and development. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Making the Space of the New Present: Theatre in Palestine Efficacy, Sufferers, Camps and Redistribution: Theatre for Development and The Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City Nomads: Irish Traveller Theatre, Housing, and Appearance Exhibited Bodies, Mr. Biopower, and the Inhuman: A Brief Continuation and a Coda Bibliography Index