In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises. In Stages of Emergency the distinguished performance historian Tracy C. Davis investigates the fundamentally theatrical nature of these Cold War civil defense exercises. Asking what it meant for civilians to be rehearsing nuclear war, she provides a comparative study of the civil defense maneuv...

This ambitious study traces the strategies of human rights activists to show how world-changing reform movements were shaped by women and men from modest backgrounds who were deeply attuned to the power of performance. Tracy C. Davis explores nineteenth-century reform campaigns through the pioneering work of a family of activists – prominent anti-slavery lecturer George Thompson, his daughter Amelia (the first female theatre and music critic for a British daily newspaper) and her husband, ...

Since the turn of the century, Performance Studies has emerged as an increasingly vibrant discipline. Its concerns - embodiment, ethical research and social change - are held in common with many other fields, however a unique combination of methods and applications is used in exploration of the discipline. Bridging live art practices - theatre, performance art and dance - with technological media, and social sciences with humanities, it is truly hybrid and experimental in its techniques. T...

As Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin traveled around the world, it was molded by the imaginations and needs of international audiences. For over 150 years it has been coopted for a dazzling array of causes far from what its author envisioned. This book tells thirteen variants of Uncle Tom’s journey, explicating the novel’s significance for Canadian abolitionists and the Liberian political elite that constituted the runaway characters’ landing points; ninetee...

We often know performance when we see it – but how should we investigate it? And how should we interpret what we find out? This book demonstrates why and how mixed methods research is necessary for investigating and explaining performance and advancing new critical agendas in cultural study. The wide range of aesthetic forms, cultural meanings, and social functions found in theatre and performance globally invites a corresponding variety of research approaches. The essays in this volume mo...

The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance Historiography sets the agenda for inclusive and wide-ranging approaches to writing history, embracing the diverse perspectives of the twenty-first century and Critical Media History.Written by an international team of authors whose expertise spans a multitude of historical periods and cultures, this collection of fascinating essays poses the central question: "what is specific to the historiography of the performative?" T...

Your climate control is broken, the engine is overheating again, and the traffic has come to a dead stop amidst a swarm of horns. To top it off you're late for work. In a heartbeat, you find yourself in another place, another time. Just for a moment, your mind takes a break. Your subconscious decides to get out of the traffic and set sail along a coast of white sand beaches and palm trees. Later that night, you wake with a jolt but don’t remember what startled you. Your thoughts are racing...

Tools and strategies to foster transformative change for social justiceMany believe that social justice education is simply the new politically correct term for diversity-focused intervention or multiculturalism. The true definition, however, is more complex, nuanced, and important to understand. Higher education today needs clarity on both the concept of social justice and effective tools to successfully translate theory into practice. In Advancing Social Just...

In a world where fate is a delicate tapestry woven by unseen hands, Lin Wei was a master strategist—ruthless, calculated, and always ten steps ahead. But when a fatal car crash rips her from her high-powered corporate life, she awakens to an entirely different reality—one where she is no longer Lin Wei, but Su Yuyan, a low-ranking concubine in the imperial palace of a treacherous world she once dismissed as fiction. Trapped within the Crimson Chronicles, a world of imperial intrigue, shado...

In a city where shadows whisper and the stars remember, one woman holds the power to unravel destiny.” Lunara never asked for power. Living in the neon-drenched depths of Auroria, she’s spent her life blending into the shadows—until they start following her. When an ancient force awakens within her, Lunara is thrust into a conflict as old as the stars, caught between factions vying for control of the elusive Celestial Shadows. With a staff forged from celestial energy and a gift she barely...

The recent killing of an unarmed Black man has sparked a world-wide social justice movement and has given rise to the Black Lives Matter Movement.As government officials devise plans to overthrow the uprisings, cities all over the country continue to burn in America.National Guards and Federal troops are deployed and given direct orders in assisting the police with crushing all lawlessness. Millions of people continue to pour into the streets demanding justice.White...

If there is one piece of advice that every doctor, dietician and nutritionist agrees on, it is this: eat more plants. But that doesn’t mean you have to compromise on flavour or enjoyment. Nourish yourself and your environment with these 70 plant-based recipes from naturopath Gemma Davis and chef Tracy Noelle.Packed with glorious Asian flavours, vegetables, herbs and spices, these exciting recipes are creative, tasty and filling – and they have the bonus of being good for you. From ...