Occupy Newfoundland and the Dramaturgy of Endurance
This article analyzes Occupy Newfoundland and Labrador’s protest occupation of Harbourside Park, St. John’s, as a performance of endurance. The author compares endurance protest dramaturgy to the carnivalesque dramaturgy of theatrical representation and the volcanic dramaturgy of violent disorder us...
| Published in: | Canadian Theatre Review |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
2014
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.157.002 https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ctr.157.002 |
| Summary: | This article analyzes Occupy Newfoundland and Labrador’s protest occupation of Harbourside Park, St. John’s, as a performance of endurance. The author compares endurance protest dramaturgy to the carnivalesque dramaturgy of theatrical representation and the volcanic dramaturgy of violent disorder used in other anti-globalization demonstrations of the past decade. This article focuses on the material conditions and mundane activities of the Harbourside Park camp, and theorizes the everyday as a place of resistance in endurance performances. |
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