Liveness
Performance in a Mediatized Culture
Published on 1. April 1999
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-415-19689-5 (ISBN)
Description
In Liveness Philip Auslander 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 enduring 'sacred truths' surrounding the high cultural status of the live event.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
General
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-19689-5 (9780415196895)
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Content
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: An Orchid in the Land of Technology 2. Live Performance in a Mediatized Culture Teevee's Playhouse, Is It Live, Or...?, Against ontology, Got Live If You Want It, 3. Tryin' To Make It Real: Live Performance, Simulation and the Discourse of Authenticity in Rock Culture Seeing is Believing, I Want My MTV, Panic Clapton, 4. Legally Live: Law, Performance, Memory TeeVee's Courthouse, or The Resistible Rise of the Videotape Trial, You Don't Own Me: Performance and Copyright, Law and Remembrance 5. Conclusion Bibliography, Name Index, Subject Index.