Bibliograph

A strange proximity, stage presence, failure, and the ethics of attention, Jon Foley Sherman

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A strange proximity, stage presence, failure, and the ethics of attention, Jon Foley Sherman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A strange proximity

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jon Foley Sherman

Sub title

stage presence, failure, and the ethics of attention

Summary

What happens in the relationship between audience and performer? What choices are made in the space of performance about how we attend to others? 'A Strange Proximity' examines stage presence as key to thinking about performance and ethics., What happens in the relationship between audience and performer? What choices are made in the space of performance about how we attend to others? A Strange Proximity examines stage presence as key to thinking about performance and ethics. It is the first phenomenological account of ethics generated from, rather than applied to, contemporary theatrical productions. The ethical possibilities of the stage, argues Jon Foley Sherman, rest not so much in its objects-the performers and the show itself-as in the "how" of attending to others. A Strange Proximity is a unique perspective on the implications of attention in performance

Target audience

specialized

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