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Theatres of Dust

Climate Gothic Analysis in Contemporary Australian Drama and Performance Landscapes

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Authors:
  1. Linda Hassall

    1. Griffith University, Nathan, Australia

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  • Discusses theatre theories and practices which explore climate change
  • Considers dramaturgical themes of resource extraction and drought
  • Argues theatre can develop climate literacies in a broader socio-cultural context

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Theatres of Dust

    • Linda Hassall
    Pages 1-10

  3. Mutating the Australian Gothic into the Climate Gothic

    • Linda Hassall
    Pages 11-29

  4. The Monstrous Gothic

    • Linda Hassall
    Pages 31-50

  5. Gothic Atmosphere and Extinction

    • Linda Hassall
    Pages 51-68

  6. The Mythic Space

    • Linda Hassall
    Pages 69-86

  7. Romantic Legacies: Ecocriticism in Australian Performance

    • Linda Hassall
    Pages 87-104

  8. Greening Theatre Landscapes—Sustainable Australian Theatre Production

    • Linda Hassall
    Pages 105-121

  9. Conclusion Theatres of Hope

    • Linda Hassall
    Pages 123-130

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 131-134
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About this book

Through a contemporary Gothic lens, the book explores theatre theories, processes and practices that explore; the impacts of continuing drought and natural disaster, the conflicts concerning resource extraction and mining and current political debates focussed on climate change denial. While these issues can be argued from various political and economic platforms, theatrical investigations as discussed here suggest that scholars and theatre makers are becoming empowered to dramaturgically explore the ecological challenges we face now and may face in the future. In doing so the book proposes that theatre can engage in not only climate change analysis and discussion but can develop climate literacies in a broader socio-cultural context.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Griffith University, Nathan, Australia

    Linda Hassall

About the author

Linda Hassall is Field of Study Coordinator Drama Major at Griffith University, Australia. She is a theatre scholar and an award-winning playwright (Post Office Rose 2008) and director (Salvation 2013). Linda worked in the performing arts for 25 years before joining Griffith University. Her research interest lies is in the binary between performance landscapes and climate change themes and aims to provoke social discussion and cultural change.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Theatres of Dust

  • Book Subtitle: Climate Gothic Analysis in Contemporary Australian Drama and Performance Landscapes

  • Authors: Linda Hassall

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6159-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-6158-7Published: 30 October 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-6159-4Published: 29 October 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 134

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Contemporary Theatre, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Gothic Studies, Ecology

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