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Contemporary Street Arts in Europe

Aesthetics and Politics

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  • © 2013

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  1. Susan C. Haedicke
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Part of the book series: Studies in International Performance (STUDINPERF)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Aesthetics and Politics of Street Arts Interventions

    • Susan C. Haedicke
    Pages 1-21

  3. Looking Back: A Socio-Historical and Intellectual Context for Contemporary Street Arts in Europe

    • Susan C. Haedicke
    Pages 22-43

  4. Democratic Performatives and an Aesthetics of Public Space

    • Susan C. Haedicke
    Pages 44-70

  5. Performing Democracy on a Grand Scale

    • Susan C. Haedicke
    Pages 71-90

  6. Trespassing in Urban Places

    • Susan C. Haedicke
    Pages 91-124

  7. Subversive Imaginaries: Performing the Other

    • Susan C. Haedicke
    Pages 125-148

  8. Community Performance: Community Performatives

    • Susan C. Haedicke
    Pages 149-175

  9. Postscript: Beyond the Street

    • Susan C. Haedicke
    Pages 176-183

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 184-228
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About this book

Street theatre invades a public space, shakes it up and disappears, but the memory of the disruption haunts the site for audiences who experience it. This book looks at how the dynamic interrelationship of performance, participant and place creates a politicized aesthetic of public space that enables the public to rehearse democratic practices.

Reviews

'...a very competent book and of clearly expressed conclusions.' - Joanna Ostrowska, New Theatre Quarterly

'Contemporary street arts on this continent, Susan Haedicke's compelling study suggests, effectively stage protests against prevailing politics and provide an aesthetic examination of the many social injustices that otherwise begin to sediment as 'normal'. - Professor Susan Bennett, Performance Research: A Journal of the Performing Arts

'As an experienced street arts witness myself, I found this book thoroughly engaging... An interesting read' - Tina Carter, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

About the author

SUSAN HAEDICKE is Associate Professor in the School of Theatre, Performance, and Cultural Policy Studies at University of Warwick, UK. She has published several articles on European street arts and co-edited Political Performances and Performing Democracy: International Perspectives on Urban Community-Based Performance. She also works as a professional dramaturg.

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