Performance and the Medical Body

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Dr Alex Mermikides (King's College London, UK) Dr Gianna Bouchard (University of Birmingham, UK)

Performance and the Medical Body

Dr Alex Mermikides (King's College London, UK), Dr Gianna Bouchard (University of Birmingham, UK), Professor John Lutterbie (Stony Brook University, USA) , Prof Nicola Shaughnessy (University of Kent, UK)

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Methuen Drama
25 February 2016

Theatre Studies; Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences

Series: Performance and Science: Interdisciplinary Dialogues

This edited collection focuses on performance practice and analysis that engages with medical and biomedical sciences. After locating the ‘biologization’ of theatre at the turn of the twentieth century, it examines a range of contemporary practices that respond to understandings of the human body as revealed by biomedical science.

In bringing together a variety of analytical perspectives, the book draws on scholars, scientists, artists and practices that are at the forefront of current creative, scientific and academic research. Its exploration of the dynamics and exchange between performance and medicine will stimulate a widening of the debate around key issues such as subjectivity, patient narratives, identity, embodiment, agency, medical ethics, health and illness. In focusing on an interdisciplinary understanding of performance, the book examines the potential of performance and theatre to intervene in, shape, inform and extend vital debates around biomedical knowledge and practice in the contemporary moment.

Edited by: Dr Alex Mermikides (King's College London UK), Dr Gianna Bouchard (University of Birmingham, UK)
Series edited by: Professor John Lutterbie (Stony Brook University USA), Prof Nicola Shaughnessy (University of Kent, UK)
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 463g
ISBN: 9781472570789
ISBN 10: 1472570782
Series: Performance and Science: Interdisciplinary Dialogues
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 25 February 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Alex Mermikides is Senior Lecturer in Drama at Kingston University, London, UK. Her research interest is in contemporary performance–making, with a particular focus on science-engaged devised performance. Publications include Devising in Process (2010, edited with Jackie Smart), and chapters in other collections. Dr Gianna Bouchard is Principal Lecturer in Drama at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. Her research focuses on contemporary performance and live art in relation to medical science. She is co-editor of ‘On Medicine’, a special issue of Performance Research, and her work has been published in various edited collections.

Reviews for Performance and the Medical Body

Anyone who keeps an open mind will be impressed by the potential of performance to both inspire and be inspired by debate around medical ethics and healthcare issues. -- Guy Glass NYU School of Medicine's Literature Arts, and Medicine Database