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War as Performance

Conflicts in Iraq and Political Theatricality

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Authors:
  1. Lindsey Mantoan

    1. Linfield College, McMinnville, OR, USA

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  • Offers a unique, interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture and warfare
  • Puts forth new scholarship by approaching performance broadly and understanding twenty-first century warfare and performance as inextricably linked
  • Addresses a range of performance genres not covered here, such as satirical news and post-apocalyptic narratives

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: The Intersection of War and Performance

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    Pages 1-27

  3. Impresarios and Protestors: From the Bush Administration to Cindy Sheehan

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    Pages 29-63

  4. Ancient Wars, Endless War: Adaptations of Greek Tragedy

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    Pages 65-92

  5. Not Just “Over There”: Theater of the Real and Iraqi Voices

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    Pages 93-123

  6. Ideologically Liberal and Formally Conservative: Satire, News, and Truthiness

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    Pages 125-162

  7. War After the End: Post-apocalyptic Narratives After 9/11

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    Pages 163-211

  8. Epilogue: War as Performance

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    Pages 213-217

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 219-236
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About this book

This book examines performance in the context of the 2003 Iraq War and subsequent conflicts with Daesh, or the so-called Islamic State. Working within a theater and performance studies lens, it analyzes adaptations of Greek tragedy, documentary theater, political performances by the Bush administration, protest performances, satiric news television programs, and post-apocalyptic narratives in popular culture. By considering performance across genre and media, War as Performance offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture, warfare, and militarization, and argues that spectacular and banal aesthetics of contemporary war positions performance as a practice struggling to distance itself from appropriation by the military for violent ends. Contemporary warfare has infiltrated our narratives to such an extent that it holds performance hostage. As lines between the military and performance weaken, this book analyzes how performance responds to and potentially shapes war and conflict in the new century.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Linfield College, McMinnville, OR, USA

    Lindsey Mantoan

About the author

​Lindsey Mantoan is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Linfield College, USA. She is co-editor of Performance in a Militarized Culture and You Win or You Die: Essays on Gender, Death, and Power in Game of Thrones. 

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