Embodying the Dead: Writing, Playing, Performing

by Claire Hind and Gary Winters

Where do we find the dead? Do the dead appear in our dreams? What is it like to play dead? This book is an exciting exploration of the relationship between death and play in performance. Exploring a range of artists and creative disciplines that remember, personify and re-imagine the dead, it playfully unpacks the psychoanalytic concepts of the Death Drive, Desire and the Uncanny as a way of thinking about performance. Embodying the Dead draws...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137602910
• ISBN13: 9781137602916
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.1"