Homelessness in Performance, Art and Society

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Becoming Visible

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Homelessness in Performance, Art and Society investigates the contemporary context of homelessness in England and how performance and the arts can engage with this complex issue to advocate for, value and foster the lives, creative identities and artistic ambitions of people who are or have been affected by homelessness.The book offers critically informed analysis of the artists, theatre-makers, social enterprises, investigative journalists, cultural, heritage and charitable organisations drawing on socially committed arts practice. It highlights, documents and investigates artistic interventions that provoke new ways of perceiving homelessness and examines projects offering those who have experienced homelessness an opportunity to showcase their stories, heritage, creativity and cultural leadership. Capturing the breadth of socially committed arts practice in England, this book engages with arts and homelessness through a consideration of autobiographical performance, photography and graphic novel projects, performance installations and festivals, as well as digital and embodied memorialising outputs and events.Homelessness in Performance, Art and Society is ideal for students and scholars of applied theatre, socially engaged theatre, and broader humanities studies that interrogate the intersections between homelessness and the arts, as well as artists and community activists with an interest in this field.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-04-07
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt453 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor210
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032848105

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Teater inom Kultur
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Introduction: Homelessness in Performance, Art and Society1 Identity, Agency and Complexity: Performing the Homeless Experience2 Crafting Communities and Dramaturgies of Care in the work of Arts & Homelessness International and the Museum of Homelessness3 Social Enterprise, Homelessness and Neoliberal Logics: Accumulate and Café Art4 Homeless Deaths: the politics and performance of remembrance and affectA Final Word: On Solidarity

“This book is a remarkable and key intervention within the fields of performance and homelessness studies. Holdsworth interweaves performance analysis, contemporaneous research notes, artist and participant interviews, and secondary research expertly. This mixed-method approach allows her to analyse the relationship between various types of performance (theatrical and otherwise) and produce vital and nuanced readings. She is able to extrapolate what could be dense secondary and theoretical material into concise, accessible and often deeply moving prose. The book’s argument that ‘various artistic modalities can offer a powerful way for the experience of homelessness to be seen, heard, and apprehended’ should be a rallying cry for artists and those working and living in the homelessness space.”Dr Owen Clayton, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Lincoln, UK and author of Vagabonds, Tramps and Hobos: the Literature and Culture of U.S Transiency (2023)