Performing Fantasy and Reality in Contemporary Culture

Informationen zum Autor Anastasia Seregina is a Lecturer in Consumer Research at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her work is based in consumer culture research, but is interdisciplinary, encompassing such fields, as consumer research, sociology, anthropology, performance studies, literature studies, art education, and media studies. Anastasia is also a practicing visual artist, with the focus of her artistic work often overlapping with her academic endeavours. As part of her practice, Anastasia is developing various performance-based and art-based research methodologies. In both her artistic and academic work, she explores the role and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture, specifically focusing on topics of fantasy, imagination, and aesthetics. Zusammenfassung A study of the different forms that fantasy can take and its everyday role as part of contemporary Western culture, this book examines fantasy from a performance theory perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Perspectives on Fantasy 3. Performance 4. LARP Performance 5. Fantasy Performance 6. Types of Fantasy Performances 7. Conclusions References Index

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• Authors: SEREGINA, Anastasia Seregina, Anastasia (Aalto University School of Bu Seregina, Anastasia (Aalto University School of Business Seregina
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138088948
• ISBN: 978-1-138-08894-8
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology; Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: sport and leisure