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Trauma-tragedy : symptoms of contemporary performance / Patrick Duggan.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Duggan, Patrick, 1981- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Tragedy--History and criticism.
Tragedy.
Psychic trauma in the theater.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 214 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012.
Summary:
Theatre and performance studies; trauma studies; cultural studies; sociology and social anthropology; philosophy; classics.
Contents:
Trauma's performance genealogy
Trauma-tragedy : a structure of feeling
Mimetic shimmering and the performance punctum
Performance 'texts' as sites of witness
Being there : the 'presence' of trauma
Another view
Conclusion : trauma-tragedy and the contemporary moment.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 22, 2026).
ISBN:
1-5261-2992-2
OCLC:
1030038589

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