Performing Deception : learning, skill and the art of conjuring / Brian Rappert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rappert, Brian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magic tricks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Performing Deception

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2022.

Summary:

"In Performing Deception, Brian Rappert reconstructs the practice of entertainment magic by analysing it through the lens of perception, deception and learning, as he goes about studying conjuring himself. Through this novel meditation on reasoning and skill, Rappert elevates magic from the undertaking of mere trickery to an art that offers the basis for rethinking our possibilities for acting in the modern world. Performing Deception covers a wide range of theories in sociology, philosophy, psychology and elsewhere in order to offer a striking assessment of the way secrecy and deception are woven into social interactions, as well as the illusionary and paradoxical status of expertise."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Preface: Attention, Attention, Attention! / Brian Rappert

Transcription Notes

1. A Kind of Magic / Brian Rappert

2. Self and Other / Brian Rappert

3. Control and Cooperation / Brian Rappert

4. Natural and Contrived / Brian Rappert

5. Proficiency and Inability / Brian Rappert

6. Truth and Deception / Brian Rappert

7. Control and Care / Brian Rappert

8. Learning and Unlearning / Brian Rappert

Index

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (directory.doabooks.org, viewed May 16, 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.