The Council Estate as Hood: SPID Theatre Company and grass-roots arts practice as cultural politics
Beswick, K
Date: 1 January 2016
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Palgrave MacMillan
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This chapter explores how the British council estate (or 'social housing estate') serves as a national conception of the 'global hood'. It examines the work of SPID Theatre Company, based on the Kensal Rise estate in Ladbroke Grove, London - it analyses how SPID's films and performances might resonate with global 'hood' narratives. It ...
This chapter explores how the British council estate (or 'social housing estate') serves as a national conception of the 'global hood'. It examines the work of SPID Theatre Company, based on the Kensal Rise estate in Ladbroke Grove, London - it analyses how SPID's films and performances might resonate with global 'hood' narratives. It argues that conceiving local, grassroots practices as part of a global movement imbues such practices with enhanced political potency.
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