Description
Disaster capitalism is an increasingly popular critical paradigm for contextualizing and understanding life in the twenty-first century. This book includes three full-length plays by award-winning dramatist Rick Mitchell: Shadow Anthropology, a dark comedy about the US occupation of Afghanistan; Through the Roof, a Faustian trip through the social history of natural disaster in New Orleans; and Celestial Flesh, a sacrilegious romp through the 1980s sanctuary movement. Placing the plays in historical and thematic context, the author introduces the collection with an essay examining catastrophe, capitalism, and what he calls "Apocalypse Theater for the Twenty-First Century."
About the Author
Rick Mitchell is an award-winning dramatist of over twenty plays, Rick Mitchell teaches playwriting, performance studies and literature at California State University, Northridge, where he is professor of English.
Reviews
'Funny! Provocative! Stunningly poignant! Rick Mitchell is a great American playwright.'
* Edward James Olmos *Book Information
ISBN 9781841504308
Author Rick Mitchell
Format Paperback
Page Count 299
Imprint Intellect Books
Publisher Intellect
Weight(grams) 490g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 16mm
