Violence Performed: Local Roots and Global Routes of Conflict (Studies in International Performance)

This topical collection explores the relationship between violence and performance. The authors offer fresh theoretical perspectives and examine media as diverse as street theatre, performance art, photography and cinema in locations as diverse as Korea and South Africa to India and Israel.

CATHERINE COLE is Professor in the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, USA MARY KAREN DAHL is Professor of Theatre at Florida State University, USA MAYA DODD is Assistant Professor in the School of Liberal Education at FLAME (Foundation for Liberal and Management Education) in Pune, IndiaLAURA EDMONDSON is an Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies at Dartmouth College, USASUSAN HAEDICKE currently teaches Performance Studies and Theatre History and Theory in the Department of Theatre at University of Maryland/College Park, USAKETU KATRAK is a Professor of Asian-American Studies at the University of California, Irvine, USAEDDY KENT is a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at the University of British Columbia, CanadaSUK-YOUNG KIM is Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance at the University of California at Santa Barbara, USASONJA KUFTINEC is an Associate Professor of Theater Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota, USABARBARA LEWIS is the Director of the William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA, where she holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Africana Studies and EnglishJON MCKENZIE is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin, USATONY PERUCCI is Assistant Professor of Performance Studies in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina, USAMARK PHELAN is a Lecturer in Drama at Queen's University Belfast, UKPEGGY PHELAN is the Ann O'Day Maples Chair in the Arts and Professor of Drama and English at Stanford University, USAFREDDIE ROKEM is Professor of Theatre Studies at Tel Aviv University, IsraelLES WADE is Associate Professor of Dramatic Literature, Theory, and Criticism at Louisiana State University, USA

CATHERINE COLE is Professor in the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, USA MARY KAREN DAHL is Professor of Theatre at Florida State University, USA MAYA DODD is Assistant Professor in the School of Liberal Education at FLAME (Foundation for Liberal and Management Education) in Pune, India LAURA EDMONDSON is an Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies at Dartmouth College, USA SUSAN HAEDICKE currently teaches Performance Studies and Theatre History and Theory in the Department of Theatre at University of Maryland/College Park, USA KETU KATRAK is a Professor of Asian-American Studies at the University of California, Irvine, USA EDDY KENT is a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at the University of British Columbia, Canada SUK-YOUNG KIM is Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance at the University of California at Santa Barbara, USA SONJA KUFTINEC is an Associate Professor of Theater Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota, USA BARBARA LEWIS is the Director of the William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA, where she holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Africana Studies and English JON MCKENZIE is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin, USA TONY PERUCCI is Assistant Professor of Performance Studies in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina, USA MARK PHELAN is a Lecturer in Drama at Queen's University Belfast, UK PEGGY PHELAN is the Ann O'Day Maples Chair in the Arts and Professor of Drama and English at Stanford University, USA FREDDIE ROKEM is Professor of Theatre Studies at Tel Aviv University, Israel LES WADE is Associate Professor of Dramatic Literature, Theory, and Criticism at Louisiana State University, USA