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Playing real : mimesis, media, and mischief

Title
Playing real : mimesis, media, and mischief / Lindsay Brandon Hunter.
Author
Hunter, Lindsay Brandon
Publication
  • Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Description
xxiii, 162 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"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"--
Subject
  • Mass media and theater
  • Reality in mass media
  • Performing arts > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-157) and index.
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.
Call Number
MWET 21-1568
ISBN
  • 9780810143050
  • 0810143054
  • 9780810143067
  • 0810143062
LCCN
2020035743
OCLC
1156990222
Author
Hunter, Lindsay Brandon, author.
Title
Playing real : mimesis, media, and mischief / Lindsay Brandon Hunter.
Publisher
Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-157) and index.
Research Call Number
MWET 21-1568
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