The scene of foreplay : theater, labor, and leisure in 1960s New York / Giulia Palladini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palladini, Giulia, author.

Series:

Performance works.

Performance works

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experimental theater--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Experimental theater.

Off Off-Broadway theater.

Performing arts--Economic aspects--New York (State)--New York.

Performing arts.

Performing arts--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century.

New York (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2017.

Summary:

The Scene of Foreplay: Theater, Labor, and Leisure in 1960s New York suggests "foreplay" as a theoretical framework for understanding a particular mode of performance production.That mode exists outside of predetermined structures of recognition in terms of professionalism, artistic achievement, and a logic of eventfulness.

Contents:

Paying homage to the "underground": foreplay and what came after

There is no idleness like show-idleness: on preliminaries, amateurism, and work in the 1960s

A Coney Island of the mind: toward a genealogy of leisure performance

Longing lasts longer: Penny Arcade and the radical value of pleasure

The bride, the mother, and the star: queer kinship and memorability in Jackie Curtis's and Ellen Stewart's life and legend

Larger than life: Andy Warhol's screen tests, and the distracted potentiality of performance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8101-3524-8

OCLC:

978545621