Time Slips Queer Temporalities, Contemporary Performance, and the Hole of History

Framing performance as a site of resistance, Pryor analyzes their own work and that of four other queer artists-Ann Carlson, Mary Ellen Strom, Peggy Shaw, and Lisa Kron-between 2001 and 2016. Pryor illuminates how each artist deploys performance as a tool to render history visible, trauma recognizable, and transformation possible by laying bare the histories and ongoing systems of violence woven deep into our society. Pryor also includes a case study that examines the challenges of teaching queer time and queer performance within the academy in what Pryor calls a post-9/11 "homeland" security state.
Masterfully synthesizing a wealth of research and experiences, Time Slips will interest scholars and readers in the fields of theater and performance studies, queer studies, and American studies.