Meaning in the Midst of Performance - Contradictions of Participation

Borrowing concepts from cognitive philosophy and bringing them into a conversation with critical theory, Gareth White sharply examines meaning as a process that happens to us as we are engaged in the problems and negotiations of a participatory performance.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Watching, doing, meaning
Contradiction 1: Watching
Contradiction 2: Action
Contradiction 3: Body
2 Other people/other things
Contradiction 4: Object
Contradiction 5: Affect
Contradiction 6: Play
3 Autonomy/Identity
Contradiction 7: Authenticity
Contradiction 8: Mediation
Contradiction 9: Identity
Conclusion. Culture, crisis, aesthetics
Contradiction 10: Culture
Contradiction 11: A Post Covid Coda
Index

About the author

Gareth White is Reader in Theatre and Performance at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK.

Product details

• Authors: White Gareth
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032660967
• ISBN: 978-1-032-66096-7
• No. of pages: 188
• Weight: 360 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Theory of art, Social & cultural history, ART / Criticism & Theory, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, ART / Performance, Theatre Studies, Performance Art, History of Performing Arts