Performance in a Militarized Culture

<p>The long cultural moment that arose in the wake of 9/11 and the conflict in the Middle East has fostered a global wave of surveillance and counterinsurgency. <i>Performance in a Militarized Culture</i> explores the ways in which we experience this new status quo. Addressing the most commonplace of everyday interactions from mobile phone calls to traffic cameras this edited collection considers:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>How militarization appropriates and deploys performance techniques</li> <p> </p> <li>How performing arts practices can confront militarization </li> <p> </p> <li>The long and complex history of militarization</li> <p> </p> <li>How the war on terror has transformed into a values system that prioritizes the military</li> <p> </p> <li>The ways in which performance can be used to secure and maintain power across social strata</li> </ul><p>Performance in a Militarized Culture draws on performances from North Central and South America; Europe; the Middle East; and Asia to chronicle a range of experience: from those who live under a daily threat of terrorism to others who live with a distant imagined fear of such danger.</p>