UID:
edocfu_9959234438202883
Format:
1 online resource (184 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-72719-4
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0-203-44426-4
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1-134-72720-8
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1-280-31843-0
Content:
This first collection of essays by performance theorist and critic Philip Auslander surveys the changes in acting and performance during the crucial transition from the ecstatic theatre of the 1960's to the ironic postmodernism of the 1980's
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; From acting to performance; ~Holy theatre~ and catharsis; ~Just be your self~: logocentrism and difference in performance theory; Task and vision: Willem Dafoe in LSD; Postmodernism and performance; Presence and theatricality in the discourse of performance and the visual arts; Toward a concept of the political in postmodern theatre; Embodiment: the politics of postmodern dance; Postmodern body politics; Vito Acconci and the politics of the body in postmodern performance; Boal, Blau, Brecht: the body
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~Brought to you by Fem-Rage~: stand-up comedy and the politics of gender The surgical self: body alteration and identity; Notes; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-15787-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-15786-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203444269
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