'Looking at specific instances of live performance such as theatre, rock music, sport, and courtroom testimony, Liveness offers penetrating insights into media culture, suggesting that media technology has encroached on live events to the point where many are hardly live at all. In this new edition, the author thoroughly updates his provocative argument to take into account new digital and media technologies, and cultural, social and legal developments.
In tackling some of the last great shibboleths surrounding the high cultural status of the live event, this book will continue to shape discussion and to provoke lively debate on a crucial artistic dilemma: what is live performance and what can it mean to us now?' —excerpts from back cover page
Includes bibliography.
In tackling some of the last great shibboleths surrounding the high cultural status of the live event, this book will continue to shape discussion and to provoke lively debate on a crucial artistic dilemma: what is live performance and what can it mean to us now?' —excerpts from back cover page
Includes bibliography.
Alternative title
Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture
Access level
Onsite
author
publisher
Location code
REF.AUP2
Language
English
Keywords
Publication/Creation date
2008
Edition
Second Edition
No of pages
208
ISBN / ISSN
9780415773539
No of copies
1
Content type
monograph
Chapter headings
Introduction: 'an orchid in the land of technology'
Live Performance in a Mediatised Culture
Tryin' to make it real: Live Performance, Simulation, and the Discourse of Authenticity in Rock Culture
Legally Live: Law, Performance, Memory
Conclusion
Liveness: Performance in a Mediatised Culture
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