Naming Theatre [electronic resource] : Demonstrative Diagnosis in Performance /
Frieze, J.author.
Reading a range of work from the US and UK over the last two decades, this is an innovative study of theatre's growing obsession with technologies and effects of naming. How does theatre reflect, and intervene in, naming practices across domains such as philosophy, computing, journalism, anthropology, advertising, military training, and genetics?
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: A thing, a name, and some stories -- Character: Improper names -- Authorship: A trick of the I -- Assimilation: Sounding through the surface -- Diagnosis: Naming the body -- Programming: The designated blueprint -- Disclosure: Transcript and testimony -- Branding the phatic: Remote possibilities -- Graphting: The clue to the code -- Epilogue: Naming critical acts.
Reading a range of work from the US and UK over the last two decades, this is an innovative study of theatre's growing obsession with technologies and effects of naming. How does theatre reflect, and intervene in, naming practices across domains such as philosophy, computing, journalism, anthropology, advertising, military training, and genetics?
Theater—History.
Theater.
Literature.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Performing arts.
Theatre History.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Literature, general.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Performing Arts.