'At last, the past has arrived Performing Remains is Rebecca
Schneider's authoritative statement on a major topic of interest to
the field of theatre and performance studies. It extends and
consolidates her pioneering contributions to the field through its
interdisciplinary method, vivid writing, and stimulating polemic.
Performing Remains has been eagerly awaited, and will be
appreciated now and in the future for its rigorous investigations
into the aesthetic and political potential of reenactments.' -
Tavia Nyong'o, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
'I have often wondered where the big, important,
paradigm-changing book about re-enactment is: Schneider's book
seems to me to be that book. Her work is challenging, thoughtful
and innovative and will set the agenda for study in a number of
areas for the next decade.' - Jerome de Groot, University of
Manchester
Performing Remains is a dazzling new study exploring the role of
the fake, the false and the faux in contemporary performance.
Rebecca Schneider argues passionately that performance can be
engaged as what remains, rather than what disappears.
Across seven essays, Schneider presents a forensic and unique
examination of both contemporary and historical performance,
drawing on a variety of elucidating sources including the "America"
plays of Linda Mussmann and Suzan-Lori Parks, performances of
Marina Abramovic and Allison Smith, and the continued popular
appeal of Civil War reenactments. Performing Remains questions the
importance of representation throughout history and today, while
boldly reassessing the ritual value of failure to recapture the
past and recreate the "original."
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