Ebook Philip Auslander - Liveness : Performance in a Mediatized Culture in DOC, MOBI
9780415196901 English 0415196906 Is it live or is it Memorex? In his provocative new book, performance critic Philip Auslander explores live performance and asks what relevance it has in contemporary culture dominated by mass media.Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Societybegins with an overview of live performance and reveals that media technology has encroached on live events to the point where many, like concerts and sporting events that feature jumbo video screens, are hardly live at all. Auslander offers a way of understanding the history of this development based on an analysis of the relationship between early television and theatre. Auslander goes on to a detailed analysis of what live performance has meant in rock music culture, arguing that live performance has been devalued here, as it has been in the culture at large. As a comparison, Auslander then considers liveness in the legal arena, for it is the one social realm where live performance has retained much of its traditional value; a live trial iscentral to American jurisprudence. Livenessoffers penetrating insight into our shifting relationship with live events and poses important questions about what this means for the future of performance in a media-saturated culture., This text addresses the important question, what is the status of live performance in a culture dominated by mass media? By looking at specific instances of live performance such as sport, rock music and courtroom testimony, the book offers insights into media culture. It tackles some of the last great shibboleths surrounding the high cultural status of the live event. Philip Auslander asks, what is live performance and what can it mean to us now?
9780415196901 English 0415196906 Is it live or is it Memorex? In his provocative new book, performance critic Philip Auslander explores live performance and asks what relevance it has in contemporary culture dominated by mass media.Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Societybegins with an overview of live performance and reveals that media technology has encroached on live events to the point where many, like concerts and sporting events that feature jumbo video screens, are hardly live at all. Auslander offers a way of understanding the history of this development based on an analysis of the relationship between early television and theatre. Auslander goes on to a detailed analysis of what live performance has meant in rock music culture, arguing that live performance has been devalued here, as it has been in the culture at large. As a comparison, Auslander then considers liveness in the legal arena, for it is the one social realm where live performance has retained much of its traditional value; a live trial iscentral to American jurisprudence. Livenessoffers penetrating insight into our shifting relationship with live events and poses important questions about what this means for the future of performance in a media-saturated culture., This text addresses the important question, what is the status of live performance in a culture dominated by mass media? By looking at specific instances of live performance such as sport, rock music and courtroom testimony, the book offers insights into media culture. It tackles some of the last great shibboleths surrounding the high cultural status of the live event. Philip Auslander asks, what is live performance and what can it mean to us now?