A Pathognomy of Performance [electronic resource] /
Bayly, S.author.
Exploring the themes of the event, ephemerality and democracy that mark the encounter between performance and philosophy, this original study elaborates fresh perspectives on the experiences of undoing, fiasco and disaster that shadow both the both stage and everyday life.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Strains of Thought; 2 Points of Suspension; 3 Instants of Affection; 4 Anomalous Appearances; 5 The Borrowed Masks of Being; 6 Logics of Expression; 7 Wrinkles, Furrows and Folds; 8 The Tonic of the Sonic; 9 Deleted Expletives; 10 Peals of Appeal; After the Event; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Exploring the themes of the event, ephemerality and democracy that mark the encounter between performance and philosophy, this original study elaborates fresh perspectives on the experiences of undoing, fiasco and disaster that shadow both the both stage and everyday life.
Performing arts.
Theater.
Theater—History.
Arts.
Social sciences.
Aesthetics.
Performing Arts.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Theatre History.
Arts.
Social Sciences, general.
Aesthetics.