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April 2007
7 x 9, 825 pp., 235 illus.
$52.00/£38.95 (CLOTH)
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ISBN-10:
0-262-04235-5
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-04235-2

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Digital Performance
A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art, and Installation
Steve Dixon
With contributions by Barry Smith

Series Forewordvii
Preface
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Acknowledgmentsxiii
Introduction
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IHistories35
2The Genealogy of Digital Performance37
3Futurism and the Early-Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde47
Multimedia Theater, 1911–195973
5Performance and Technology Since 196087
IITheories and Contexts113
6Liveness115
7Postmodernism and Posthumanism135
8The Digital Revolution157
9Digital Dancing and Software Developments183
IIIThe Body209
10Virtual Bodies211
11The Digital Double241
12Robots271
13Cyborgs303
IVSpace333
14Digital Theater and Scenic Spectacle335
15Virtual Reality:The Search for Immersion363
16Liquid Architectures and Site-Specific Fractures in Reality395
17Telematics: Conjoining Remote Performance Spaces419
18Webcams:The Subversion of Surveillance437
19Online Performance: "Live" from Cyberspace457
20"Theater" in Cyberspace483
VTime483
21Time515
22Memory539
VIInteractivity557
23"Performing" Interactivity559
24Videogames599
25CD-ROMs623
26Conclusion643
Notes671
Bibliography737
Index
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