From Acting to Performance: Essays in Modernism and Postmodernism

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
From acting to performance......Page 22
~Holy theatre~ and catharsis......Page 24
~Just be your self~: logocentrism and differance in performance theory......Page 39
Task and vision: Willem Dafoe in LSD......Page 50
Postmodernism and performance......Page 58
Presence and theatricality in the discourse of performance and the visual arts......Page 60
Toward a concept of the political in postmodern theatre......Page 69
Embodiment: the politics of postmodern dance......Page 84
Postmodern body politics......Page 98
Vito Acconci and the politics of the body in postmodern performance......Page 100
Boal, Blau, Brecht: the body......Page 109
~Brought to you by Fem-Rage~: stand-up comedy and the politics of gender......Page 119
The surgical self: body alteration and identity......Page 137
Notes......Page 152
Bibliography......Page 165
Name Index......Page 174
Subject Index......Page 178