The Politics of Jean Genet's Late Theatre

Spaces of Revolution

Carl Lavery, Maria M. Delgado, Maggie B. Gale , Peter Lichtenfels

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Manchester University Press
02 April 2013

Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: plays & playwrights

Series: Theatre: Theory – Practice – Performance

The politics of Jean Genet's late theatre is the first publication to situate the politics of Genet's theatre within the social, spatial and political contexts of France in the 1950s and 1960s. The book's innovative approach departs significantly from existing scholarship on Genet. Where scholars have tended to bracket Genet as either an absurdist, ritualistic or, more recently, a resistant playwright, this study argues that his theory and practice of political theatre have more in common with the affirmative ideas of thinkers such as Henri Lefebvre, Jacques Ranciere and Alain Badiou. By doing so, the monograph positions Genet as a revolutionary playwright, interested in producing progressive forms of democracy. This original and interdisciplinary reading of Genet's late work will be of interest to students and practitioners of Theatre, as well as those interested in French and History. -- .

By: Carl Lavery
Series edited by: Maria M. Delgado, Maggie B. Gale, Peter Lichtenfels
Other: Rebecca Mortimer
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780719090158
ISBN 10: 0719090156
Series: Theatre: Theory – Practice – Performance
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 02 April 2013
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of figures Acknowledgements Part I Introduction 1. Genet and commitment: politics and aesthetics 2. Tracing the shift: the event of the wound 3. Aesthetic politics: staging the wound Part II 4. Exploding the bordello in The Balcony: spectacle, allegory and the wound of theatre 5. Détournement, abjection and disidentification in The Blacks 6. Bringing it all back home: ‘The battle of The Screens’ 7. Conclusion: Genet our contemporary Part III 8. Interview with Lluís Pasqual 9. Interview with JoAnne Akalaitis 10. Interview with Ultz 11. Interview with Excalibah Appendix ‘Preface to The Blacks’, trans. Clare Finburgh References Index -- .

Carl Lavery is Senior Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance at Aberystwyth University

Reviews for The Politics of Jean Genet's Late Theatre: Spaces of Revolution

Lavery's brilliant analysis of the political meanings of Genet's late drama can be understood as paying homage to Genet's conceptual recedents. Thus does Lavery become part of a unique school of scholars, including Derrida, whose theoretical work reflects mimetically and matches the complexity of Genet's own theorizing.' Yehuda Moraly, Modern Drama, 01/04/2012 'The Politics of Jean Genet's Late Theatre: Spaces of Revolution is exceptionally engaging, and will provide excellent reading for those interested in Genet and French culture in the tumultuous years that marked the end of the Fourth Republic and the beginning and early years of the Fifth; or indeed to anyone interested in modern theatre and drama and, especially, its potential as a force for truth and justice.' Matthew Yde, Theatre Survey, Volume 54, Issue 01 'This is a highly readable and stimulating book that is sure to generate fruitful discussion from future scholars' Maire'ad Hanrahan, French Studies, vol 67, no 2 -- .