José A. Sánchez

The Bodies of Others (eBook, PDF)

Essays on Ethics and Representation
Übersetzer: Cano, David Sánchez

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Available in English for the first time, The Bodies of Others investigates, through a series of close readings of several theatrical and film productions in Europe and South America, the relationship between "representation" (including theatrical representation) and ethics (defined as an ongoing relational negotiation, as opposed to a set of universal moral laws).

The main concepts are exposed through a comparative analysis of historical processes, political actions and artistic works from different periods.

Thus, the dialogue between the film La carrose d'or by Jean Renoir (1952) and Rosa Cuchillo by Yuyachkani (2006) serves to address the problem of the multiple meanings of representation. The dialogue between the play El Señor Galíndez by Eduardo Pavlovsky (1973), the performance The Conquest of America by Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis (1989) and the novel 2666 (2004) by Roberto Bolaño allows the concept of an 'ethic of the body' to be addressed.

Other key concepts such as identity, care, cruelty, violence, memory and testimony are considered through investigation of work such as Angelica Liddel's theatre pieces, Rabih Mroué and Lina Majdalanie's performances, Albertina Carri, Basilio Martín Patino and Apichatpong Weerasethakul's films, and Mapa Teatro's trans-disciplinary creations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350250642
• Artikelnr.: 63082072

Autorenporträt

José A. Sánchez is Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Cuenca (UCLM, Spain). Author of books such as Brecht and Expressionism (1992), Dramaturgies of images (1994), Practising the real (2007). Curator and director of different projects such as Jerusalem Show (Palestine, 2011) or The Words of Others (Los Angeles, EEUU, 2017).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Prologue: Representing us
1. History of this book
2. Ethics and moral
3. The problem of sincerity
4. Representing the Other
5. Body and representation
6. Ethics of the body
7. Fiction and pain
8. Fabrications
9. Violence and care
10. Memory and representation
11. Ethics of the witness
13. 'Sin Fin'/Endless
References
Bibliography
Index