Hauntological Dramaturgy: Affects, Archives, Et, DCruz..

Taylor & Francis

Hauntological DramaturgyAffects, Archives, Ethics\nAuthor(s): Glenn DCruz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367407568, 978-0367407568\nSynopsis\nThis book is about some of the ways we remember the dead through performance. It examines the dramaturgical techniques and strategies that enable artists to respond to the imperative: Remember Me the command King Hamlets ghost gives to his son in Shakespeares famous tragedy, Hamlet. The book develops the concept of hauntological dramaturgy by engaging with a series of performances that commemorate, celebrate, investigate, and sometimes seek justice for the dead.\n\nIt draws on three interrelated discourses on haunting: Derridas hauntology with its ethical exhortation to be with ghosts and listen to ghosts; Abraham and Toroks psychoanalytic account of the role spectres play in the transmission of intergenerational trauma; and, finally, Mark Fisher's and Simon Reynolds dev.