Theatricality And Performativity Writings On Texture From Platos Cave To Urban A

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 Shaffers Amadeus And Becketts Footfalls); Efficient (from Modernist Machines For Living In To The Smart Home ); Activist (knit Graffiti, Clown Patrols, And The Anthropo(s)cene).