{"product_id":"unlimited-action-the-performance-of-extremity-in-the-1970s-theatre-theory-practice-performance-9780719091605","title":"Unlimited action The performance of extremity in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExtremity might suggest violence, pornography, criminality, misanthropy, danger, recklessness, eccentricity or obscurantism. How has art exceeded its own example through performance art? How have artists used performance to question and overextend the limits of form in the 1970s? And with what effects?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A deeply fascinating, wide ranging and hard-thinking book about material often seen as “difficult” or “extreme”. If I wanted one single guide who could reliably lead me through material which is so often misrepresented, I'd turn to Dominic Johnson, who surely is one of the most astute, knowledgeable and hard-thinking commentators on contemporary performance practices.'\u003cbr\u003e  Simon Shepherd, Professor Emeritus of Theatre, CSSD, The University of London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'With \u003ci\u003eUnlimited action: The performance of extremity in the 1970s\u003c\/i\u003e Dominic Johnson brings his incisive mind to 1970s performances that point to or beyond art’s (and the body’s) limits. The book is invaluable in expanding our understanding of the work of key artists, including Ulay and Anne Bean, but also in addressing how extreme performances echo and amplify the volatile political texture of US and UK societies in a key decade for the expansion of contemporary art beyond the object.'\u003cbr\u003eAmelia Jones, Robert A. Day Professor, Roski School of Art and Design, University of Southern California\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Dominic Johnson’s work engages performance art of the 1970s that sought to defy conventional notions of life and art. The case studies within each chapter form a sort of history. Not a linear narrative, but rather, a constellation of extremities that revel in their distance from the institutional frameworks that contextualize each performance.'\u003cbr\u003eThe Drama Review\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Performance – action – extremity\u003cbr\u003e1          The preferred ordeal\u003cbr\u003e2          A criminal touch\u003cbr\u003e3          The dirtying intention\u003cbr\u003e4          Impossible things\u003cbr\u003e5          The art of sabotage\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Reckless people\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037348233559,"sku":"9780719091605","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719091605.jpg?v=1750935392","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/unlimited-action-the-performance-of-extremity-in-the-1970s-theatre-theory-practice-performance-9780719091605","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}