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LivenessPhilip Auslander

Liveness

Philip Auslander, Philip Auslander
1999208 pages
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Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Society addresses what may be the single most important question facing all kinds of performance today. What is the status of live performance in a culture dominated by mass media?By looking at specific instances of live performance such as theatre, rock music, sport and courtroom testimony, Liveness offers penetrating insights into media culture. This provocative book tackles some of the last great shibboleths surrounding the high cultural status of the live event. Philip Auslander asks, what is live performance and what can it mean to us now?

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15 editions
  • Hardcover · English · 2008
    Routledge · 240 pages · 9780415773522
  • Ebook · English · 2004
    Taylor & Francis Group Plc · 9780203216668
  • Other · English · 2022
    Taylor & Francis Group · 9781003031314
  • Other · English · 2022
    Routledge · 9780367468170
  • Other · English · 2022
    Taylor & Francis Group · 9781000813678
  • Other · English · 2022
    Taylor & Francis Group · 9781000813517
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