A cruel theatre of self-immolations contemporary suicide protests by fire and their resonances in culture / Grzegorz Zi©đ¿¿kowski ; translated by Jan Szel♯¿giewicz.
| Author/creator | Zi©đ¿¿kowski, Grzegorz |
| Other author | Szel♯¿giewicz, Jan. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies |
| Abstract | "A Cruel Theatre of Self-Immolations investigates contemporary protest self-burnings and their echoes across culture. The book provides a conceptual frame for the phenomenon and an annotated, comprehensive timeline of suicide protests by fire, supplemented with notes on artworks inspired by or devoted to individual cases. The core of the publication consists of six case studies of these ultimate acts, augmented with analyses and interpretations hailing from the visual arts, film, theatre, architecture, and literature. By examining responses to these events within an interdisciplinary frame, Zi©đ¿¿kowski highlights the phenomenon's global reach and creates a broad, yet in-depth, exploration of the problems that most often prompt these self-burnings, such as religious discrimination and harassment, war and its horrors, the brutality and indoctrination of authoritarian regimes and the apathy they produce, as well as the exploitation of the so-called "subalterns" and their exclusion from mainstream economic systems. Of interest to scholars from an array of fields, from theatre and performance, to visual art, to religion and politics, A Cruel Theatre of Self-Immolations offers a unique look at voluntary, demonstrative, and radical performances of shock and subversion"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Zi©đ¿¿kowski, Grzegorz. Cruel theatre of self-immolations London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 9780367180645 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019045300 |
| ISBN | 9780429059377 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |