{"product_id":"performing-remains-art-and-war-in-times-of-theatrical-reenactment-paperback","title":"Performing Remains: Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Schneider\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'At last, the past has arrived! \u003cem\u003ePerforming Remains\u003c\/em\u003e is Rebecca Schneider's authoritative statement on a major topic of interest to the field of theatre and performance studies. It extends and consolidates her pioneering contributions to the field through its interdisciplinary method, vivid writing, and stimulating polemic. \u003cem\u003ePerforming Remains\u003c\/em\u003e has been eagerly awaited, and will be appreciated now and in the future for its rigorous investigations into the aesthetic and political potential of reenactments.' - Tavia Nyong'o, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'I have often wondered where the big, important, paradigm-changing book about re-enactment is: Schneider's book seems to me to be that book. Her work is challenging, thoughtful and innovative and will set the agenda for study in a number of areas for the next decade.' - Jerome de Groot, University of Manchester\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerforming Remains\u003c\/em\u003e is a dazzling new study exploring the role of the fake, the false and the faux in contemporary performance. Rebecca Schneider argues passionately that performance can be engaged as what remains, rather than what disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcross seven essays, Schneider presents a forensic and unique examination of both contemporary and historical performance, drawing on a variety of elucidating sources including the \"America\" plays of Linda Mussmann and Suzan-Lori Parks, performances of Marina Abramovic  and Allison Smith, and the continued popular appeal of Civil War reenactments. \u003cem\u003ePerforming Remains\u003c\/em\u003e questions the importance of representation throughout history and today, while boldly reassessing the ritual value of failure to recapture the past and recreate the \"original.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Schneider\u003c\/strong\u003e is Chair of the Department of the Theatre, Speech and Dance at Brown University. She is the author of The Explicit Body in Performance (Routledge, 1997) and co-editor of Re: direction: A Theoretical and Practical Guide (Routledge, 2001)\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42189927120976,"sku":"9780415404426","price":107.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/ZUkyTDZiWFZWeXNPUTF1eFV5Rk1FZz09_ab24127d-67aa-436d-8b03-6a67d271c769.webp?v=1774797599","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/performing-remains-art-and-war-in-times-of-theatrical-reenactment-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}