Human degradation of the environment has been documented by scholars across a range of disciplines: the global temperature of the planet continues to rise, abandoned industrial sites stain once vibrant communities, and questions about the purity of our water and foods linger. In the shadow of these material conditions, concerned citizens have reacted by issuing critiques against careless consumerism and excessive lifestyles. Their hope is to illustrate and inspire alternative ways of living. As part of such efforts and activism, some have turned to performance as a means to investigate matters further, pose challenges and questions, and enact new ways of being and thinking in a globalized world. Performance on Behalf of the Environment is a collection of essays from a diverse group of scholars that explore critically the strengths, limitations, and processes of what can be termed environmental performances.
Chapter 1: Introduction: Performance on Behalf of the Environment Jnan A. Blau and Richard D. Besel PART I: PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCES Chapter 2: It's a Party, Not a Protest: Environmental Community, Co-Incident Performance, and the San Jose Bike Party David Terry and Anne Marie Todd Chapter 3: Performing Nonhuman Liberation: How the ALF and ELF Rupture the Political Imagination Jason Del Gandio Chapter 4: Eco-Comedy Performance: An Alchemy of Environmentalism and Humor Alison Bodkin Chapter 5: Embodied Perspective by Incongruity: Environmental Critique in an Age of Performance Richard D. Besel PART II: PLACES AND SPACES Chapter 6: Reinhabiting the Land: From Vacant Lot to Garden Plot Barbara Willard Chapter 7: Progress Fell Upon Us : Ecotourism, Culture, and Performance in the Peruvian Amazon Jnan A. Blau Chapter 8: On Finding Ways of Being : Kinesthetic Empathy in Dance and Ecology Julia Handschuh Chapter 9: Indeterminate Hikes+: Hiking Through the Urban Wilderness Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint PART III: MATERIALS AND PROCESSES Chapter 10: Indigenous Theatre in Global Times: Situated Knowledge and Ecological Communities in Salmon Is Everything and Burning Vision Theresa May Chapter 11: Staging Sustainable Shakespeare: Greening the Bard While Advancing Institutional Mission Ray Schultz and Jess Larson Chapter 12: Puppet Planets and Spirit Soldiers: Staging Ecological Representations in Baby Universe and Forgotten World Courtney Ryan
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