Stefka G. Mihaylova is Associate Professor of Theatre Theory and Criticism at the University of Washington.

• Contents Illustrations Introduction: “Can We All Get Along?” Chapter 1: The Radical Formalism of Suzan-Lori Parks and Sarah Kane Chapter 2: A Spectator Prepares: Forced Entertainment’s Theatre of Critical FeelingChapter 3: The Behzti Riot as a Contemporary Avant-Garde Chapter 4: Feeling Bad about Being White: Young Jean Lee’s Theatre and the Progressive Avant-GardeCoda: The Liberal Individual’s Postmodern ReturnBibliography

“This text maps a potential sea change in how we understand a work’s historical significance and ideological valence—a moment when ‘reliance on the formal qualities of an artwork’ has become not just problematic, but virtually useless. Even more troubling, it maps a collapse of the principles of Western liberalism. This is heady, thrilling, and, yes, deeply troubling stuff—and the epitome of critical scholarship.”

Stefka G. Mihaylova is Associate Professor of Theatre Theory and Criticism at the University of Washington.

• Contents Illustrations Introduction: “Can We All Get Along?” Chapter 1: The Radical Formalism of Suzan-Lori Parks and Sarah Kane Chapter 2: A Spectator Prepares: Forced Entertainment’s Theatre of Critical FeelingChapter 3: The Behzti Riot as a Contemporary Avant-Garde Chapter 4: Feeling Bad about Being White: Young Jean Lee’s Theatre and the Progressive Avant-GardeCoda: The Liberal Individual’s Postmodern ReturnBibliography

“This text maps a potential sea change in how we understand a work’s historical significance and ideological valence—a moment when ‘reliance on the formal qualities of an artwork’ has become not just problematic, but virtually useless. Even more troubling, it maps a collapse of the principles of Western liberalism. This is heady, thrilling, and, yes, deeply troubling stuff—and the epitome of critical scholarship.”

Stefka G. Mihaylova is Associate Professor of Theatre Theory and Criticism at the University of Washington.

• Contents Illustrations Introduction: “Can We All Get Along?” Chapter 1: The Radical Formalism of Suzan-Lori Parks and Sarah Kane Chapter 2: A Spectator Prepares: Forced Entertainment’s Theatre of Critical FeelingChapter 3: The Behzti Riot as a Contemporary Avant-Garde Chapter 4: Feeling Bad about Being White: Young Jean Lee’s Theatre and the Progressive Avant-GardeCoda: The Liberal Individual’s Postmodern ReturnBibliography

“This text maps a potential sea change in how we understand a work’s historical significance and ideological valence—a moment when ‘reliance on the formal qualities of an artwork’ has become not just problematic, but virtually useless. Even more troubling, it maps a collapse of the principles of Western liberalism. This is heady, thrilling, and, yes, deeply troubling stuff—and the epitome of critical scholarship.”