Title: Performing Contagious Bodies
Description: "Performing Contagious Bodies explores live/body art and installation practices through theories of ritual and magic. It maps out an ambitious and thought-provoking study of live art - together with its documentation and traces - and uses the concepts of contagion, magic and ritual to open up a range of hotly-debated questions about the temporal aspects of live art, their relation to 'event' and durationality. Featuring discussion of a wide range of contemporary international practice, this book explores the intersections of performance studies, art history, anthropology and contemporary visual art practices"--
Subjects: Contagion (Social psychology), PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Body art, Themes, motives, Performance art, PERFORMING ARTS / General, Performing arts, Installations (art), Art, modern, 21st century, Theater, History & Criticism, General