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17%OFFMarla Carlson - Performing Bodies in Pain - 9780230103863 - V9780230103863
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Performing Bodies in Pain

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Description for Performing Bodies in Pain Hardback. This text analyzes the cultural work of spectacular suffering in contemporary discourse and late-medieval France, reading recent dramatizations of torture and performances of self-mutilating conceptual art against late-medieval saint plays. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 239 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; 3JB; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
This text analyzes the cultural work of spectacular suffering in contemporary discourse and late-medieval France, reading recent dramatizations of torture and performances of self-mutilating conceptual art against late-medieval saint plays.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Number of Pages
227
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230103863
SKU
V9780230103863
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About Marla Carlson
Marla Carlson is Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Georgia, USA

Reviews for Performing Bodies in Pain
"Carlson's historical sensitivity, superb performance criticism, and vivid writing make Peforming Bodies in Pain compelling, and, perhaps troublingly, highly enjoyable to read." - Theatre History Studies "Engaging and compelling...The subject of pain can hardly be contained or exhausted in a single volume, and it is a testament to rather than a criticism of Carlson's range that she ... Read more

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