{"product_id":"social-housing-in-performance-katie-beswick-9781474285216","title":"Social Housing in Performance: The English Council Estate on and off Stage","description":"This book explores the ways that council estates have been represented in England across a range of performance forms. Drawing on examples from mainstream, site-specific and resident-led performance works, it considers the political potential of contemporary performance practices concerned with the council estate. Depictions of the council estate are brought into dialogue with global representations of what Chris Richardson and Hans Skott-Myhre call the 'hood', to tease out the specific features of the British context and situate the work globally. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKatie Beswick's study provides a timely contribution to the ongoing national and global interest in social housing. As the housing market grows ever more insecure, and estates are charged with political rhetoric, theatre and socially engaged art set or taking place on estates takes on a new potency. Mainstream theatre works examined include\u003ci\u003e Rita, Sue and Bob Too\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA State Affair\u003c\/i\u003e at the Soho Theatre, \u003ci\u003ePort\u003c\/i\u003e at the National Theatre, and \u003ci\u003eDenMarked\u003c\/i\u003e at the Battersea Arts Centre. The book also explores the National Youth Theatre's \u003ci\u003eSlick\u003c\/i\u003e and Roger Hiorns' \u003ci\u003eSeizure\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as community-based and resident led performances by Fourthland, Jordan McKenzie, Fugitive Images and Jane English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katie Beswick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147428521X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474285216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Katie Beswick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47305260368127,"sku":"9781474285216","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9270d34c-cabd-46d2-a07d-26e1e02945ba.jpg?v=1758830400","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/social-housing-in-performance-katie-beswick-9781474285216","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}