Tactical performance the theory and practice of serious play - Bogad, L. M. (London Routledge, 2016)
Introduction: a red carpet on the picket line: tactical performance -- Tactical carnival: dialogism and social movements -- Clownfrontation and clowndestine maneuvers: the clown army and the irresistible image -- Reclaim the streets: tactical interaction and the urban mallification/mollification in New York city -- Breaking conventions, breaking into conventions (from the WTO to WTF?) -- Critical simulacra and tricknology: oil enforcement agents, yes men, and survivaballs -- All the news we hope to print: the creation and mass distribution of progressive prank papers -- Crisis in califorlornia: creative protest at the University of California -- Conclusion: earning moments for the movement.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Theater -- Political aspects; Radical theater; Protest movements; Social movements; Political participation