The analysis of performance art : a guide to its theory and practice /

Howell, Anthony, 1945-

The analysis of performance art : a guide to its theory and practice / Anthony Howell. - xv, 254 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm. - Contemporary theatre studies ; v. 32 . - Contemporary theatre studies ; v. 32. .

"Second printing with corrections 2000"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.

Introduction to the series -- Acknowledgements -- List of plates -- Preface -- 1. Stillness -- 2. Being clothing -- 3. Mimicry and repetition -- 4. The Other and the other -- 5. Inconsistency, catastrophe and surprise -- 6. Cathexes and chaos -- 7. Drives and primaries -- 8. Transitions as desires -- 9. Transference, substitution and reversal -- 10. Language -- 11. Time and space -- 12. Cathexes of desire -- 13. Looking at light -- 14. Presence or puppeteering -- 15. Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Experimental theater
Performance art

NX456.5.P38 / H68 2000

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