{"product_id":"the-figure-of-the-monster-in-global-theatre-further-readings-on-the-aesthetics-of-disqualification-9781032558370","title":"The Figure of the Monster in Global Theatre: Further Readings on the Aesthetics of Disqualification","description":"\u003cp\u003eBringing together international perspectives on the figure of the \"monster\" in performance, this edited collection builds on discussions in the fields of posthumanism, bioethics and performance studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael M. Chemers\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Chair of the Department of Performance, Play \u0026amp; Design at the University of California Santa Cruz, USA. He is the author of more than 70 peer-reviewed pieces (including seven books) on theatre history, theory, adaptation, and dramaturgy. Most relevant to this project, he is the author of \u003cem\u003eStaging Stigma: A Critical Examination of the American Freak Show\u003c\/em\u003e (Palgrave MacMillan, 2008) and \u003cem\u003eThe Monster in Theatre History: This Thing of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2017), served as editor for a double issue of \u003cem\u003eDisability Studies Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e on freak shows, and edited Alexander Iliev's \u003cem\u003eTowards a Theory of Mime\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2014) and Luis Valdez's \u003cem\u003eTheatre of the Sphere: The Vibrant Being\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnalola Santana\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Theater at Dartmouth College, USA. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eTeatro y Cultura de Masas: Encuentros y Debates\u003c\/em\u003e (2010) and \u003cem\u003eFreak Performances: Dissidence in Latin American Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e (2018), the latter of which considers the significance of theatrical practices that use the \"freak\" as a medium to explore the continuing effects of colonialism on Latin American identity. She is also the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eTheatre and Cartographies of Power: Repositioning the Latina\/o Americas\u003c\/em\u003e (2018) and\u003cem\u003e Fifty Key Figures in Latinx and Latin American Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2022). She works as a professional dramaturg and is a company member of Mexico's famed Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50916229054738,"sku":"9781032558370","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8bebf463-5b28-4458-9e68-27a43b4be3f2.jpg?v=1738845229","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-figure-of-the-monster-in-global-theatre-further-readings-on-the-aesthetics-of-disqualification-9781032558370","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}