Performing Bodies in Pain
| Author | : M. Carlson |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 388 |
| Release | : 2010-08-16 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780230111486 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0230111483 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (483 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Performing Bodies in Pain by : M. Carlson
Download or read book Performing Bodies in Pain written by M. Carlson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-08-16 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text analyzes the cultural work of spectacular suffering in contemporary discourse and late-medieval France, reading recent dramatizations of torture and performances of self-mutilating conceptual art against late-medieval saint plays.