War as Performance Conflicts in Iraq and Political Theatricality /

• Main Author: Mantoan, Lindsey (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Performing arts.; Theater.; Peace.; United States-Politics and government.; United States-Study and teaching.; Performing Arts.; Contemporary Theatre.; Conflict Studies.; US Politics.; American Culture.

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 administrat...