Performing Remains: Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment - Rilegato

Schneider, Rebecca

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ISBN 10: 041540441X ISBN 13: 9780415404419

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2007

Riassunto

'At last, the past has arrived! Performing Remains is Rebecca Schneider's authoritative statement on a major topic of interest to the field of theatre and performance studies. It extends and consolidates her pioneering contributions to the field through its interdisciplinary method, vivid writing, and stimulating polemic. Performing Remains has been eagerly awaited, and will be appreciated now and in the future for its rigorous investigations into the aesthetic and political potential of reenactments.' - Tavia Nyong'o, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

'I have often wondered where the big, important, paradigm-changing book about re-enactment is: Schneider’s book seems to me to be that book. Her work is challenging, thoughtful and innovative and will set the agenda for study in a number of areas for the next decade.' - Jerome de Groot, University of Manchester

Performing Remains is a dazzling new study exploring the role of the fake, the false and the faux in contemporary performance. Rebecca Schneider argues passionately that performance can be engaged as what remains, rather than what disappears.

Across seven essays, Schneider presents a forensic and unique examination of both contemporary and historical performance, drawing on a variety of elucidating sources including the "America" plays of Linda Mussmann and Suzan-Lori Parks, performances of Marina Abramovic´ and Allison Smith, and the continued popular appeal of Civil War reenactments. Performing Remains questions the importance of representation throughout history and today, while boldly reassessing the ritual value of failure to recapture the past and recreate the "original."

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L'autore:

Rebecca Schneider is Chair of the Department of the Theatre, Speech and Dance at Brown University. She is the author of The Explicit Body in Performance (Routledge, 1997) and co-editor of Re:direction: A Theoretical and Practical Guide (Routledge, 2001)

Product Description:

Re:enactment is a collection of essays from one of Performance Studies' leading scholars, exploring the role of the fake, the false and the faux in contemporary theatre. Rebecca Schneider questions the view that performance is 'ephemeral' and instead argues that rather than being about what disappears, performance is defined by what remains. Divided into seven essays, this book examines both contemporary and historical performance with a wide scope. It questions the importance of representation and reassessing the ritual value of failure to recreate the 'original' or to pass as the object of imitation.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 041540441X
• ISBN 13: 9780415404419
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 260