Performance, Masculinity, and Self-Injury

This book is an ambitious and expansive examination of the visual language of self-injury in performance art from the 1960s to the present.

List of contents

Introduction 1.Günter Brus 2. André Stitt 3. Ron Athey 4. Yang Zhichao 5. Wafaa Bilal 6. Pyotr Pavlensky Concluding Thoughts

About the author

Lucy Weir is Chancellor's Fellow in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh and an AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker. She is the author of Pina Bausch's Dance Theatre (2018), and co-editor of Performance in a Pandemic (Routledge, 2021).

Summary

This book is an ambitious and expansive examination of the visual language of self-injury in performance art from the 1960s to the present.

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Weir, Lucy (University of Edinburgh Weir
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032027098
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3202709-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Art
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, ART / Performance, 21st Century, Theatre Studies, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Sex & sexuality, sex manuals, Performance Art, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, Sex and sexuality: advice and issues, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)