Theatre in a Media Culture: Production, Performance and

Theatre in a Media Culture: Production, Performance and Perception Since 1970
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As the media have increasingly become the lens through which we see the world, media styles have shaped even the fine arts, and contemporary theatre is particularly indebted to mass media's dramatic influence. In order to stay culturally and financially viable, theatre producers have associated theatrical productions and their promotion with film, television, and the Internet by adopting new theatrical practices that mirror the form and content of mass communication. This work demonstrates how mediatization, or the adoption of the semantics and the contexts of mass media, has changed the way American theatre is produced, performed, and perceived. Early chapters use works like Robert Wilson's 3D digital opera Monsters of Grace and Thecla Schophorst's digitally animated Bodymaps to demonstrate the shifting nature of live performance. Critical analysis of the interaction between the live performer and digital technology demonstrates that the use of media technology has challenged and changed traditional notions of dramatic performance. Subsequent discussion sustains the argument that theatre has reconfigured itself to access the economic and cultural power of the media. Final chapters consider the extent to which mediatization undermines theatrical authorship and creativity.
Country USA
Brand McFarland
Manufacturer McFarland
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber notes, bibliography, notes, index
ReleaseDate 2007-03-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780786428779

Country	USA
Brand	McFarland
Manufacturer	McFarland
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	notes, bibliography, notes, index
ReleaseDate	2007-03-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780786428779

Theatre in a Media Culture: Production, Performance and Perception Since 1970

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