Philip Auslander

From Acting to Performance

Essays in Modernism and Postmodernism

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Produktbeschreibung

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 1960s to the ironic postmodernism of the 1980s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 143mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780415157865
• ISBN-10: 0415157862
• Artikelnr.: 22109262

Autorenporträt

Philip Auslander

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part I: From Acting to Performance 2. Holy Theatre and
Catharsis 3. Just Be Your Self: Logocentrism and Difference in Performance
Theory 4. Task and Vision: Willem Dafoe in LSD Part II: Postmodernism and
Performance 5. Presence and Theatricality in the Discourse of Theatre and
the Visual Arts 6. Toward a Concept of the Political in Postmodern Theatre
7. Embodiment: The Politics of Postmodern Dance Part III: Postmodern Body
Politics 8. Vito Acconci and the Politics of the Body in Postmodern
Performance 9. Boal, Blau, Brecht: The Body 10. Brought to You By Fem-Rage:
Stand-up Comedy and the Politics of Gender 11. The Surgical Self: Body
Alteration and Identity Bibliography Name Index Subject Index