Playing culture : conventions and extensions of performance / edited by Vicki Ann Cremona, Rikard Hoogland, Gay Morris and Willmar Sauter.

Publ. by the IFTR/FIRT, Music Theatre Working Group.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Playing Culture represents one of the corner stones in the model of the Theatrical Event, as developed by the Working Group of the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR). In this volume, thirteen scholars contribute to illuminate the significance and possibilities of playing within the framework of theatrical events. Playing is understood as an essential part of theatrical communication, from acting on stage to events far from theatre buildings. The playfulness characterizing academic traditions sets the tone in the introduction, illustrating the four sections of the book: Theori.

Preliminary Material -- PLAYING CULTURE -- AN INTRODUCTION / Willmar Sauter -- PLAYING CULTURE: THE RETURN OF/TO THE HOMO LUDENS / Shulamith Lev-Aladgem -- PLAY IS THE PLEASURE OF BEING THE CAUSE ON THE COMPARABILITY OF SCENIC SEQUENCES WITHIN THE PLAYING CULTURE / Andreas Kotte -- PLAYING IS NOT PRETENDING / Willmar Sauter -- PERFORMANCE, PRODUCTION AND OTHER SPATIO-TEMPORAL PRACTICES IN THE EDGY CITY / Loren Kruger -- WRITING: EXPLORING THE MARGINS OF PLAYING AND THEATRICALITY / Anneli Saro -- NAMING AS A PLAYING PRACTICE AND POLITICAL STRATEGY / Barbara Orel -- PERVASIVE GAMES: REPRESENTATIONS OF EXISTENTIAL IN-BETWEEN-NESS / Janne Tapper -- PLAYING ON AND AROUND THE PUBLIC SQUARE / Rikard Hoogland -- WHEN THE SAINT COMES MARCHING OUT -- THE CULTURAL PLAYING OF A MALTESE FESTA / Vicki Ann Cremona -- PLAYING WITH CHANGE: REPETITION AND INNOVATION IN TOWNSHIP PERFORMANCE / Gay Morris -- 'BEING ONESELF ON STAGE': MODALITIES OF PRESENCE ON STAGE / Henri Schoenmakers -- THE STRUCTURE OF ACTING RECONSIDERED: FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A JAPANESE PUPPET THEATRE, BUNRAKU / Mitsuya Mori -- THE THEATRICALITY OF PLAYING OVER AND PLAYING OUT / David Graver -- BIOGRAPHIES -- INDEX.

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