| Performance Research: On America Contributor(s): Allsopp, Ric (Editor), Gough, Richard (General Editor) (Editor), Kaye, Guest Editor Nick (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415182018 ISBN-13: 9780415182010 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1998 Annotation: Addressing such topics as the use and abuse of "American" images and the image of the United States itself, as a place, a product or an idea, this issue of "Performance Research" assesses the implications of America and its powerful impact on contemporary European culture. As it deconstructs American film, art, and performance from a variety of perspectives, "On America" debates the aesthetic forms and political strategies of the United States and the problems related to cultural predominance and displacement, identity and aesthetic practice. Combining exciting and disturbing visual content with texts contributed by some of the world's most renowned scholars and performers, "Performance Research" provides a unique forum for multinational discourse among artists and academics. Now in its third year, this acclaimed journal is required reading for any serious student or practitioner working in the realm of performance. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 790.209 |
| Series: Performance Research |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 8.25" W x 11" (0.62 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On America will respond to the powerful presence in contemporary culture of aesthetic forms and political strategies derived from North America. Counterpointing Letters from Europe, this book will address the use and abuse of images of and from North America, the deconstruction in performance theory and practice of North American art, film and performance, and the presentation of America as genre and fiction. |