Drama Trauma

<p>In this engaging cross-disciplinary study Timothy Murray examines the artistic struggle over traumatic fantasies of race gender sexuality and power. Establishing a retrospective dialogue between past and present stage and video <em>Drama Trauma</em> links the impact of trauma on recent political projects in performance and video with the specters of difference haunting Shakespeare's plays.<br> The book provides close readings of cultural formations as diverse as Shakespearean drama the Statue of Liberty contemporary plays by women African-American performance and feminist interventions in video performance and installation. The texts discussed include:<br> * installations by Mary Kelly and Dawn Dedeaux<br> * plays by Ntozake Shange Rochelle Owens Adrienne Kennedy Marsha Norman and Amiri Baraka<br> * performances by Robbie McCauley Jordan Orlan and Carmelita Tropicana<br> * stage film and video productions of <em>King Lear Othello Romeo and Juliet</em> and <em>All's Well that Ends Well.</em></p>