{"product_id":"practising-the-real-on-the-contemporary-stage-9781783204168","title":"Practising the Real on the Contemporary Stage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn analysis of reality and ‘the real’ as presented in contemporary artistic creation, \u003cem\u003ePractising the Real on the Contemporary Stage\u003c\/em\u003e examines the responses given by performing arts to the importance placed on reality beyond representation. This book proposes four historic itineraries defined by the ways in which the issue of the real is addressed: the representation of the visible reality and its paradoxes, the place of the real on the lived body, the limits placed on representation by experiences of pain and death, and those practices that denounce the real. \u003cem\u003ePractising the Real on the Contemporary Stage\u003c\/em\u003e will be warmly welcomed by scholars of aesthetics and contemporary artistic practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eReality and the Visible\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eReal and Virtual\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Irruption of the Real\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIconoclastic Theatre\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAt the Limits of Representation\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eGenocides \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHistory and Memory \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Performance of Others \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Real Is Relational \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEssayism and Representation \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Theatre and Reality \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Ethics of Representation \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042261991767,"sku":"9781783204168","price":34.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781783204168.jpg?v=1750953676","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/practising-the-real-on-the-contemporary-stage-9781783204168","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}