Performing bodies in pain : medieval and post-modern martyrs, mystics, and artists /
Carlson, Marla.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--City University of New York, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Feeling torture -- Imagining death -- Enduring ecstasy -- Whipping up community -- Containing chaos -- Conclusion.
Pain in the theater.
Violence in the theater.
Theater
Performance art.
Theater
French drama
Passion-plays
Performing bodies in pain.