Street Theatre in a State of Exception: Performing in Public after Bataclan.

The article discusses the implementation by French President Franc¸ois Hollande of an state of emergency from 2015 to 2017 due to terrorist attacks and its impact on France's contemporary street theatre. Also cited are the mutation of the emergency into a generalised state of exception as a reconfig...

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Publicado en:Contemporary Theatre Review Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 308 - 326
Autor principal: Calder, David
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2020
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Sumario:The article discusses the implementation by French President Franc¸ois Hollande of an state of emergency from 2015 to 2017 due to terrorist attacks and its impact on France's contemporary street theatre. Also cited are the mutation of the emergency into a generalised state of exception as a reconfiguration of space and time, as well as the securitisation, privatisation, and marketization of public space.