The Theatre of Death - The Uncanny in Mimesis: Tadeusz Kantor, Aby Warburg, and an Iconology of the Actor
Mischa Twitchin
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Hardback. Series: Performance Philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 219 x 25. Weight in Grams: 598.
This book is concerned with such questions as the following: What is the life of the past in the present? How might the theatre of death and the uncanny in mimesis allow us to conceive of the afterlife of a supposedly ephemeral art practice? How might a theatrical iconology engage with such fundamental social relations as those between the living and the dead? Distinct from the dominant expectation that actors should appear life-like onstage, why is it that some theatre artists - from Craig to Castellucci - have conceived of the actor ... Read more
This book is concerned with such questions as the following: What is the life of the past in the present? How might the theatre of death and the uncanny in mimesis allow us to conceive of the afterlife of a supposedly ephemeral art practice? How might a theatrical iconology engage with such fundamental social relations as those between the living and the dead? Distinct from the dominant expectation that actors should appear life-like onstage, why is it that some theatre artists - from Craig to Castellucci - have conceived of the actor ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Performance Philosophy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137478719
SKU
V9781137478719
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About Mischa Twitchin
Mischa Twitchin is a British Academy Post-doctoral Fellow at the Drama Department, Queen Mary, University of London, UK. Besides his academic work, he is a founder-member of the performance collective Shunt.
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