1st Edition
Meaning in the Midst of Performance Contradictions of Participation
By Gareth White
Copyright 2024
196 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Being an audience participant can be a confusing and contradictory experience. When a performance requires us to do things, we are put in the situation of being both actor and spectator, of being part of the work of art while also being the audience who receives it, and of being both perceiving subject and aesthetic object. This book examines these contradictions – and many others – as they... Read more
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Watching, doing, meaning
Contradiction 1: Watching
Contradiction 2: Action
Contradiction 3: Body
2 Other people/other things
Contradiction 4: Object
Contradiction 5: Affect
Contradiction 6: Play
3 Autonomy/Identity
Contradiction 7: Authenticity
Contradiction 8: Mediation
Contradiction 9: Identity
Conclusion. Culture, crisis, aesthetics
Contradiction 10: Culture
Contradiction 11: A Post Covid Coda
Index
Biography
Gareth White is Reader in Theatre and Performance at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK.
