Naming theatre
Subtitle: demonstrative diagnosis in performance
By: James Frieze
Series: Performance interventions
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780230517707
Subjects: History and criticism; Theater; Philosophy; Drama; Names in literature; Psychological aspects; Performance; Characters and characteristics in literature; Identity (Philosophical concept)
Description: "Reading a range of work from the U.S. and UK over the last two decades, this is an innovative study of theatres 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?"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: A thing, a name, and some stories; title: Character: Improper names; title: Authorship: A trick of the I; title: Assimilation: Sounding through the surface; title: Diagnosis: Naming the body; title: Programming: The designated blueprint; title: Disclosure: Transcript and testimony; title: Branding the phatic: Remote possibilities; title: Graphting: The clue to the code; title: Epilogue: Naming critical acts.