Theatricality and Performativity - Writings on Texture from Plato's Cave to Urban Activism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book defines theatricality and performativity through metaphors of texture and weaving, drawn mainly from anthropologist Tim Ingold and philosopher Stephen C. Pepper. Tracing the two concepts' various relations to practices of seeing and doing, but also to conflicting values of novelty and normativity, the study proceeds in a series of intertwining threads, from the theatrical to the performative: Antitheatrical (Plato, the Baroque, Michael Fried); Pro-theatrical (directors Wagner, Fuchs, Meyerhold, Brecht, and Brook); Dramatic (weaving memory in Shaffer's Amadeus and Beckett's Footfalls); Efficient (from modernist "machines for living in" to the "smart home"); Activist (knit graffiti, clown patrols, and the Anthropo(s)cene). An approach is developed in which 'performativity' names the way we tacitly weave worlds and identities, variously concealed or clarified by the step-aside tactics of 'theatricality'.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Performance Philosophy
Release date:	April 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Teemu Paavolainen
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	286
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-73225-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-73225-0
Barcode:	9783319732251

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