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Re-performance, Mourning and Death

Specters of the Past

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Authors:
  1. Sarah Julius

    1. Uttoxeter, UK

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  • Explores the specific relationship between performance and death
  • Positions an examination of re-performance alongside an analysis of the relationship between re-performance and death
  • Situates discourses from eminent performance studies scholars in relation to one another

Part of the book series: Adaptation in Theatre and Performance (ATP)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Re-performance Now—Loss, Adaptation and Survival

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    Pages 1-27

  3. Re-performance, Death, Mourning and Survival: A Theoretical Discourse

    • Sarah Julius
    Pages 29-50

  4. Abjection and Memorial: Death and Finitude

    • Sarah Julius
    Pages 51-83

  5. Adaptation, Echoes, Traces and Remains

    • Sarah Julius
    Pages 85-113

  6. Loss and Mourning

    • Sarah Julius
    Pages 115-134

  7. Re-performance, Adaptation, Legacy and the Future

    • Sarah Julius
    Pages 135-155

  8. Mourning and Memorial

    • Sarah Julius
    Pages 157-189

  9. Conclusion: Adaptation, Afterlives, Survival and Re-performance

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    Pages 191-199

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 201-203
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About this book

This book examines the recent trend for re-performance and how this impacts on the relationship between live performance and death. Focusing specifically on examples of performance art the text analyses the relationship between performance, re-performance and death, comparing the process of re-performance to the process of mourning and arguing that both of these are processes of adaptation and survival. Using a variety of case studies, including performances by Ron Athey, Julie Tolentino, Martin O’Brien, Sheree Rose, Jo Spence and Hannah Wilke, the book explores performances which can be considered acts of re-performance, as well as performances which examine some of the critical concerns of re-performance, including notions of illness, loss and death. By drawing upon both philosophical and performance studies discourses the text takes a novel approach to the relationship between re-performance, mourning and death.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Uttoxeter, UK

    Sarah Julius

About the author

Sarah Julius completed her PhD at De Montfort University, UK, in February 2019, graduating in July 2019. During the completion of her thesis she presented her research at De Montfort University’s Borderlines conference as well as at a postgraduate conference at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She also has experience teaching at De Montfort University as a visiting lecturer.

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