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Liminal acts : a critical overview of contemporary performance and theory /

The term liminal refers to a marginalized space of fertile chaos and creative potential where nothing is fixed or certain. Liminal performance is an emerging genre which has surfaced only in recent times and describes a range of interdisciplinary, highly experimental, performative works in theatre a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Broadhurst, Susan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Cassell, 1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The term liminal refers to a marginalized space of fertile chaos and creative potential where nothing is fixed or certain. Liminal performance is an emerging genre which has surfaced only in recent times and describes a range of interdisciplinary, highly experimental, performative works in theatre and performance, film and music-performances which can be seen to prioritize the body, the technological and the primordial. Broadhurst argues that traditional and contemporary critical and aesthetic theories are ultimately deficient in interpreting liminal performance. This revolutionary work first.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 197 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-190) and index.
ISBN:9781441144713
1441144714