The Resource Staged : show trials, political theater, and the aesthetics of judgment, Minou Arjomand
Staged : show trials, political theater, and the aesthetics of judgment, Minou Arjomand
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- Summary
- "No one uses the term "show trial" as a compliment: we usually understand theater as antithetical to the workings of justice. But after the Second World War, directors and playwrights like Bertolt Brecht, Erwin Piscator, Peter Weiss, and Arthur Miller sought to claim a new public role for theater by restaging trials as shows. In the two decades after the War, the Moscow show trials, Nuremberg trials, House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial, and the Eichmann trial were all turned into plays. Why re-stage these trials within a theater? How can the stage represent atrocity and narrate histories of oppression differently than a courtroom? And, finally, how do the processes of aesthetic judgment change an audience's understanding of justice? To answer these questions, Staged combines extensive archival research into performances of postwar documentary theater with a critical reading of Hannah Arendt's political and aesthetic philosophy, addressing at the same time broader debates within critical theory about the relationship between aesthetics and politics"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 232 pages
- Contents
-
- Show trials and political theatre
- Hannah Arendt : judging in dark times
- Bertolt Brecht : poetic justice
- Erwin Piscator : theatre after Auschwitz
- Trials in Nuremberg
- Archives, law, and theatre today
- Isbn
- 9780231184885
- Label
- Staged : show trials, political theater, and the aesthetics of judgment
- Title
- Staged
- Title remainder
- show trials, political theater, and the aesthetics of judgment
- Statement of responsibility
- Minou Arjomand
- Subject
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- Legal drama
- Legal drama -- History and criticism
- Legal drama -- History and criticism
- Political plays
- Political plays -- History and criticism
- Aesthetics -- Political aspects
- Theater -- Political aspects
- Theater -- Political aspects
- Theater -- Political aspects
- Political plays -- History and criticism
- Aesthetics -- Political aspects
- Aesthetics -- Political aspects
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "No one uses the term "show trial" as a compliment: we usually understand theater as antithetical to the workings of justice. But after the Second World War, directors and playwrights like Bertolt Brecht, Erwin Piscator, Peter Weiss, and Arthur Miller sought to claim a new public role for theater by restaging trials as shows. In the two decades after the War, the Moscow show trials, Nuremberg trials, House Un-American Activities Committee hearings, the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial, and the Eichmann trial were all turned into plays. Why re-stage these trials within a theater? How can the stage represent atrocity and narrate histories of oppression differently than a courtroom? And, finally, how do the processes of aesthetic judgment change an audience's understanding of justice? To answer these questions, Staged combines extensive archival research into performances of postwar documentary theater with a critical reading of Hannah Arendt's political and aesthetic philosophy, addressing at the same time broader debates within critical theory about the relationship between aesthetics and politics"--
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- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Arjomand, Minou,
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Theater
- Legal drama
- Political plays
- Aesthetics
- Aesthetics
- Legal drama
- Political plays
- Theater
- Label
- Staged : show trials, political theater, and the aesthetics of judgment, Minou Arjomand
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Show trials and political theatre -- Hannah Arendt : judging in dark times -- Bertolt Brecht : poetic justice -- Erwin Piscator : theatre after Auschwitz -- Trials in Nuremberg -- Archives, law, and theatre today
- Control code
- 1035460965
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xv, 232 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231184885
- Lccn
- 2018008518
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1035460965
- Label
- Staged : show trials, political theater, and the aesthetics of judgment, Minou Arjomand
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Show trials and political theatre -- Hannah Arendt : judging in dark times -- Bertolt Brecht : poetic justice -- Erwin Piscator : theatre after Auschwitz -- Trials in Nuremberg -- Archives, law, and theatre today
- Control code
- 1035460965
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xv, 232 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231184885
- Lccn
- 2018008518
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1035460965
Subject
- Legal drama
- Legal drama -- History and criticism
- Legal drama -- History and criticism
- Political plays
- Political plays -- History and criticism
- Aesthetics -- Political aspects
- Theater -- Political aspects
- Theater -- Political aspects
- Theater -- Political aspects
- Political plays -- History and criticism
- Aesthetics -- Political aspects
- Aesthetics -- Political aspects
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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