{"product_id":"institutional-theatrics-brandon-woolf-9780810143555","title":"Institutional Theatrics: Performing Arts Policy in Post-Wall Berlin","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlist, 2021 Waterloo Centre for German Studies Book Prize \u003cbr\u003e 2022 Outstanding Book Award Finalist from the Association for Theater in Higher Education (ATHE)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a city struggling to determine just how neoliberal it can afford to be, what kinds of performing arts practices and institutions are necessary--and why?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, political and economic agendas in the reunified German capital have worked to dismantle long-standing traditions of state-subsidized theater even as the city has redefined itself as a global arts epicenter. \u003ci\u003eInstitutional Theatrics\u003c\/i\u003e charts the ways theater artists have responded to these shifts and crises both on- and offstage, offering a method for rethinking the theater as a vital public institution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What is the future of the German theater, grounded historically in large ensembles, extensive repertoires, and auteur directors? Examining the restructuring of Berlin's theatrical landscape and most prominent performance venues, Brandon Woolf argues that cultural policy is not simply the delegation and distribution of funds. Instead, policy should be thought of as an artistic practice of institutional imagination. Woolf demonstrates how performance can critique its patron institutions in order to transform the relations between the stage and the state, between the theater and the infrastructures of its support. Bold, nuanced, and rigorously documented, \u003ci\u003eInstitutional Theatrics\u003c\/i\u003e offers new insights about art, its administration, and the forces that influence cultural production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brandon Woolf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810143550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810143555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Brandon Woolf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994562003199,"sku":"9780810143555","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_249aa92d-62c4-4439-9683-6576d9cabd62.jpg?v=1683330890","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/institutional-theatrics-brandon-woolf-9780810143555","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}