Acts of Activism: Human Rights as Radical Performance (Theatre and Performance Theory)

Madison, D. Soyini

ISBN 10: 110740438X / ISBN 13: 9781107404380

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2011

About this Item

This book has significant highlighting and pen notations to pages 97-124, mild rubbing and surface scratching to both covers, very minor shelfwear to the edges and corners of the covers and textblock, a gentle vertical reading crease to the spine, a crack to the hinge at the interior of the front cover, and a very slight bow to the front cover likely from use, otherwise the book is in good reference condition with crisp pages, a tight binding, and a clean, glossy cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Acts of Activism: Human Rights as Radical Performance (Theatre and Performance Theory)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110740438X
• ISBN 13: 9781107404380
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Culture and Politics

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Synopsis

This book was first published in 2010. Madison presents the neglected yet compelling and necessary story of local activists in South Saharan Africa who employ modes of performance as tactics of resistance and intervention in their day-to-day struggles for human rights. The dynamic relationship between performance and activism are illustrated in three case studies: Act One presents a battle between tradition and modernity as the bodies of African women are caught in the cross-fire. Act Two focuses on 'water democracy' as activists fight for safe, accessible public water as a human right. Act Three examines the efficacy of street performance and theatre for development in the oral histories of Ghanaian gender activists. Unique to this book is the continuing juxtaposition between the everyday performances of local activism and their staged enactments before theatre audiences in Ghana and the USA. Madison beautifully demonstrates how these disparate sites of performance cohere in the service of rights, justice, and activism.

Book Description

This 2010 book presents the neglected yet compelling and necessary story of local activists in South Saharan Africa who employ modes of performance as tactics of resistance and intervention in their day-to-day struggles for human rights. The dynamic relationship between performance and activism are illustrated in three case studies.