Playing real mimesis, media, and mischief / Lindsay Brandon Hunter.

Author/creator Hunter, Lindsay Brandon
Format Electronic
Publication InfoEvanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2021.
Descriptionxxiii, 162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Contents Introduction -- The Miracle of Electronovision: Mediatizing the Live Stage/Enlivening the Screen -- Mimetic Strategies: The Work of the Actor in the Midst of Technological Reproduction -- Intimate Access: Performing Romantic Love on Reality TV -- "Scripted Reality" and the Negotiation of Authenticity -- This Is Not a Game: Playing Alternate Realities in ARGs -- This Is Not a Threat: Conspiracy for Good -- Conclusion.
Abstract "Playing Real: Mimesis, Media, and Mischief explores the integration and interaction of mimetic theatricality and representational media in twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance. It focuses on performances that force confrontation between notions of authenticity and artifice"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2020035743
ISBN9780810143050 (paperback)
ISBN9780810143067 (cloth)
ISBN(ebook)

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