Beschreibung:
Stephen Greer is Senior Lecturer in Theatre Practices at the University of Glasgow
A major study of solo performance in the UK and Europe that examines the significance of exceptional lives in neoliberal times. With case studies drawn from theatre, comedy and live art, it combines insights from gender studies, politics and sociology to present a new queer account of subjectivity at the start of the twenty-first century.
List of figuresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Locating solo performance2. The martyr: dramaturgies of endurance, exhaustion and confession3. The pariah: queer outcasts and the politics of wounded attachment4. The killjoy: public unhappiness and theatrical scapegoats5. The stranger: performing 'out-of-placeness' in the UK and Europe6. The misfit: illness, disability and 'improper' subjects7. The optimist: alternatives to neoliberalism in the here and nowConclusionReferencesIndex