Zizek and Performance

Herausgegeben:Chow, B.; Mangold, A.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first edited volume to examine philosopher Slavoj Zizek's influence on, and his relevance for, theatre and performance studies. Featuring a brand new essay from Zizek himself, this is an indispensable contribution to the emerging field of Performance Philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Performance Philosophy
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-41090-0
• 2014
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781137410900
• ISBN-10: 1137410906
• Artikelnr.: 41124477

Autorenporträt

Melissa Blanco Borelli, Royal Holloway University of London, UK Peter M. Boenisch, University of Kent, UK Geoff Boucher, Deakin University, Dave Calvert, University of Huddersfield, UK Patrick Duggan, University of Exeter, UK Simon Ellis, Roehampton University, UK Stephen Greer, University of Glasgow, UK Paul Johnson, University of Wolverhampton, UK Eve Katsouraki, University of East London, UK Bryce Lease, Royal Holloway University of London, UK Natasha Lushetich, University of Exeter, UK Daniel Oliver, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Colin Poole, Independent Choreographer, UK Linda Taylor, Northumbria University, UK Graham Wolfe, National University of Singapore, Singapore Slavoj i ek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Performing Zizek: Hegel, Lacan, Marx and the Parallax View 1. Kantor's Symptom or Grotowski's Fantasy?: Defining a Political Theatre over a Theatre of Politics; Bryce Lease 2. The Lacanian Performative: Austin after Zizek; Geoff Boucher 3. Who's Watching? Me!: Theatrality, Spectatorship, and the Zizekian Subject; Peter M. Boenisch 4. Zizek's Death Drive, the Intervention of Grace and the Wagnerian Performative: Conceptualising the Director's Subjectivity; Eve Katsouraki 5. 'Even if we do not take things seriously... we are still doing them ': Disidentification, Ideology, and Queer Performance; Stephen Greer 6. The Performative Constitution of Liberal Totalitarianism on Facebook; Natasha Lushetich 7. Enjoyment as a Theatrical Object: The Actor as Neighbour; Graham Wolfe 8. 'There are more of you than there are of us': Forced Entertainment and the Critique of the Neoliberal Subject; Linda Taylor 9. Ideology and the True/False Performance of Heritage; Paul Johnson 10. GettingInvolved with the Neighbour's Thing: Zizek and the Participatory Performance of Reactor (UK); Daniel Oliver 11. Dancing with Zizek: Sublime Objets and the Hollywood Dance Film; Melissa Blanco Borelli 12. There are dreams that cannot be: 'Actual Idiocy' and the Sublime Object of Susan Boyle; Dave Calvert 13. Theatre's Immediacy: Notes on Performing 'With' Zizek; Patrick Duggan 14. Collaboration, Violence, and Difference; Simon Ellis and Colin Poole 15. The Tickling Object: On Zizek and Comedy; Broderick D.V. Chow 16. Notes on Performing, its Frame, and its Gaze; Slavoj Zizek Bibliography Index

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Introduction: Performing Žižek: Hegel, Lacan, Marx and the Parallax View 1. Kantor's Symptom or Grotowski's Fantasy?: Defining a Political Theatre over a Theatre of Politics; Bryce Lease 2. The Lacanian Performative: Austin after Žižek; Geoff Boucher 3. Who's Watching? Me!: Theatrality, Spectatorship, and the Žižekian Subject; Peter M. Boenisch 4. Žižek's Death Drive, the Intervention of Grace and the Wagnerian Performative: Conceptualising the Director's Subjectivity; Eve Katsouraki 5. 'Even if we do not take things seriously… we are still doing them ': Disidentification, Ideology, and Queer Performance; Stephen Greer 6. The Performative Constitution of Liberal Totalitarianism on Facebook; Natasha Lushetich 7. Enjoyment as a Theatrical Object: The Actor as Neighbour; Graham Wolfe 8. 'There are more of you than there are of us': Forced Entertainment and the Critique of the Neoliberal Subject; Linda Taylor 9. Ideology and the True/False Performance of Heritage; Paul Johnson 10. GettingInvolved with the Neighbour's Thing: Žižek and the Participatory Performance of Reactor (UK); Daniel Oliver 11. Dancing with Žižek: Sublime Objets and the Hollywood Dance Film; Melissa Blanco Borelli 12. There are dreams that cannot be: 'Actual Idiocy' and the Sublime Object of Susan Boyle; Dave Calvert 13. Theatre's Immediacy: Notes on Performing 'With' Žižek; Patrick Duggan 14. Collaboration, Violence, and Difference; Simon Ellis and Colin Poole 15. The Tickling Object: On Žižek and Comedy; Broderick D.V. Chow 16. Notes on Performing, its Frame, and its Gaze; Slavoj Žižek Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

"This collection is a welcome introduction to a series that has been eagerly anticipated by those engaged in the growing field of performance philosophy. ... This book is aimed at those interested in philosophy, those interested in performance and, primarily, those scholars who are interested in how each speaks to the other." (Liz Tomlin, Contemporary Theatre Review, Vol. 26 (1), February, 2016)