Performing contagious bodies : ritual participation in contemporary art /

"Performing Contagious Bodies explores live/body art and installation practices through theories of ritual and magic. It maps out an ambitious and thought-provoking study of live art - together with its documentation and traces - and uses the concepts of contagion, magic and ritual to open up a...

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Main Author:	Braddock, Christopher
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Subjects:	Performance art > Themes, motives. Body art > Themes, motives. Contagion (Social psychology) PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism. PERFORMING ARTS / General. PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General.