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008 121212s2013 miua b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2012042609
020 $a9780472118748 (hardback : acid-free paper)
020 $z9780472029082 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPN2193.E86$bH375 2013
082 00 $a792.02/23$223
084 $aPER011020$aART015100$2bisacsh
100 1 $aHarding, James Martin,$d1958-
245 14 $aThe ghosts of the avant-garde(s) :$bexorcising experimental theater and performance /$cJames M. Harding.
264 1 $aAnn Arbor :$bThe University of Michigan Press,$c[2013]
300 $aix, 234 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a" Pronouncements such as "the avant-garde is dead," argues James M. Harding, have suggested a unified history or theory of the avant-garde. His book examines the diversity and plurality of avant-garde gestures and expressions to suggest "avant-garde pluralities" and how an appreciation of these pluralities enables a more dynamic and increasingly global understanding of vanguardism in the performing arts. In pursuing this goal, the book not only surveys a wide variety of canonical and noncanonical examples of avant-garde performance, but also develops a range of theoretical paradigms that defend the haunting cultural and political significance of avant-garde expressions beyond what critics have presumed to be the death of the avant-garde. The Ghosts of the Avant-Garde(s) offers a strikingly new perspective not only on key controversies and debates within avant-garde studies but also on contemporary forms of avant-garde expression within a global political economy"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aExperimental theater$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aExperimental drama$xHistory and criticism.
650 7 $aPERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945).$2bisacsh