Madness in Contemporary British Theatre - 9783030797843

Madness in Contemporary British TheatreResistances and Representations\nAuthor(s): Jon Venn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG\nISBN-13: 9783030797843, 978-3030797843\nSynopsis\nThis book considers the representation of madness in contemporary British\n\ntheatre, examining the rich relationship between performance and mental health,\n\nand questioning how theatre can potentially challenge dominant understandings\n\nof mental health. Carefully, it suggests what it means to represent madness in\n\ntheatre, and the avenues through which such representations can become\n\nradical, whereby theatre can act as a site of resistance.\n\nEngaging with the heterogeneity of madness, each chapter covers different\n\nattributes and logics, including: the constitution and institutional structures of\n\nthe contemporary asylum; the cultural idioms behind hallucination; the means by\n\nwhich suicide is apprehended and ap.