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Performance
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Diana Taylor
Diana Taylor
Diana Taylor is University Professor of Performance Studies and Spanish at New York University. She is the author and editor of several books, including
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Duke University Press
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This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-0-8223-7512-8
Publication date:
2016
Performances often challenge the limits of artists. But they also challenge those of their viewers. This chapter puts theorists like Althusser, Brecht, Boal, and Rancière in conversation with performers like Michel Melamed, Nao Bustamante, and Rocio Boliver to argue that performance is also a doing-to, an act in which observers become participants.
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