Performing Bodies in Pain Medieval and Post-Modern Martyrs, Mystics, and Artists |
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| Author:
| Carlson, M. |
| Series title: | Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-349-28827-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $99.99USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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This text analyzes the cultural work of spectacular suffering in contemporary discourse and late-medieval France, reading recent dramatizations of torture and performances of self-mutilating conceptual art against late-medieval saint plays.
This text analyzes the cultural work of spectacular suffering in contemporary discourse and late-medieval France, reading recent dramatizations of torture and performances of self-mutilating conceptual art against late-medieval saint plays.