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Postmodernism and film catherine constable postmodernism and literature steven connor postmodernism and art. Presence and resistance postmodernism and cultural. Gavin krastin is a choreographer and performance artist. Minimalist art is characteristically geometric in form and massive in size. Rate this 15 25 35 45 55 available at university library. The companion examines the different aspects of postmodernist thought and culture that have had a significant impact on contemporary cultural production and thinking. Postmodern theory chapter 2 foucault and the critique of modernity is it not necessary to draw a line between those who believe that we can continue to situate our present discontinuities within the historical and transcendental tradition of the nineteenth century and those who are making a. Art pop also typeset as artpop or artpop is a loosely defined style of pop music influenced by pop arts integration of high and low culture, and which emphasizes the manipulation of signs, style, and gesture over personal expression. Far from charting any simple move beyond postmodernism since the 1980s, though, this book argues that weve experienced an intensification of postmodern capitalism over the past decades, an increasing saturation of. The cambridge companion to postmodernism edited by steven. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated, spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation.
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Since its first appearance, philip auslander s groundbreaking book has helped to reconfigure a new area of study. This collection of essays provides a survey of the changes in acting and performance during the crucial transition from the ecstatic theatre of the 1960s to the ironic postmodernism of the 1980s. Philip auslander teaches in the english department of the college of william and. For a theoretical perspective on digital performance, dixon draws on the work of philip auslander, walter benjamin, roland barthes, jean baudrillard, and others. Together these essays provide a survey of the changes in acting and performance during the crucial transition from the ecstatic theatre of the 1960s to. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Philip auslander positions glam historically and examines it as a set of performance strategies.
The cambridge companion to postmodernism ebook, 2006. The concept of postmodernism functions in at least three different but not mutually exclusive ways in relation to aesthetic performance. Postmodernism and performance chapter 5 the cambridge. Postmodernism and performance professional web presence. Pastiche, implosion, and the popular abstract expressionism in painting, existentialism in philosophy, the final forms of representation in the novel, the films of the great auteurs, or the modernist school of poetry as. First edition published in 2004 by scholargy publishing expanded edition published in 2011 by ockhams razor publishing. Although both of them refer to the same era, they cannot be.
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Toward a concept of the political in postmodern theatre authors. The troubles with postmodernism as it nears the millennium european and american culture is dominated by that sense of something long dominant in the process of collapse which we call the condition of postmodernity. Explaining postmodernism skepticism and socialism from rousseau to foucault expanded edition stephen r. Essays in modernism and postmodernism auslander, philip on. Together these essays provide a survey of the changes in acting and performance during the crucial transition from the ecstatic theatre of. What does performance theory really mean and why has it become so important across such a large number of disciplines, from art history to religious studies and architecture to geography.
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