Art and politics : psychoanalysis, ideology, theatre / Walter A. Davis.
Published / Created:
London ; Pluto Press, 2007.Ann Arbor : Pluto Press, 2007.
Physical Description:
xv, 176 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-175) and index.
Contents:
Pt. 1. The Corrie conatrovery :a drama in three acts. The play's the thing : Censorship, theatre and ideology -- Mendacity : The prospects of progressive theatre under capitalism -- Beyond the Corrie controversy : Manifesto for a progressive theatre -- Pt. 2. Ideology : the heart of the ulcer. The trouble with truffles : On the ideological paralysis of the left -- The humanist tradition : The philosophical and rhetorical roots of ideological paralysis -- Pt. 3. The way out of the cave. Overture : "Happy Birthday, Sam!" -- The knot at the center : The tragic structure of experience -- An evening with JonBeneĢt Ramsey -- Between two deaths : Life on the row.
Subject Terms:
Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century.