In Comes I: Performance, Memory and Landscape (Exeter Performance Studies) - Softcover

Pearson, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0859897885 ISBN 13: 9780859897884

Verlag: University of Exeter Press, 2007

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In Comes I explores performance and land, biography and locality, memory and place. The book reflects on performances past and present, taking the form of a series of excursions into the agricultural landscape of eastern England, and drawing from archaeology, geomorphology, folklore, and local and family history. Mike Pearson, a leading theatre artist and solo-performer, returns to the landscape of his childhood - off the beaten track in Lincolnshire - and uses it as a mnemonic to reflect widely upon performance theory and practice. Rather than focusing on author, period and genre as is conventional in the study of drama, the book takes region as its optic, acknowledging the affective ties between people and place. Offering new approaches to the study of performance, he integrates intensely personal narrative with analytical reflection, juxtaposing anecdote with theoretical insight, dramatic text with interdisciplinary perception. The performances, ranging from folk drama to contemporary site-specific work, are seen in the light of their relationship to their cultural and physical environment.

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Having grown up as a foreigner in Hong Kong, Mike is accustomed to observing the world around him from an outsider's perspective. Forced to work extra hard to create understanding between himself and others, Mike turned to articulating his thoughts through writing. This has engendered a deep passion for self-expression through fiction. As a high school English teacher, Mike takes great joy in encouraging younger writers to bring their own fictional worlds to life. Mike's stories include a wide range of influences from his lifetime of gaming, travel, reading and misadventures.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Exeter Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0859897885
• ISBN 13: 9780859897884
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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