Second nature : comic performance and philosophy /: comic performance and philosophy. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Josephine Gray and Lisa Trahair.
• Editors: Gray, Josephine; Trahair, Lisa, 1962-
• Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Comedy: Towards an Alternative History of Mimesis, by Mar&iacute;a J. Ortega M&aacute;&ntilde;ez Chapter 2. The Two Laughters of Lecoq: The Clown and the <span style="font-style:italic;">Bouffon, by Caterina Angela Agus, Giovani Fusetti and Davide Giovanzana Chapter 3. The Masked Comic Figure in Alain Badiou&rsquo;s Philosophy, by Fred Dalmasso Chapter 4. The Body that Laughs and Cries: Helmuth Plessner&rsquo;s Keys to Anthropology and Theatre, by Xavier Escribano Chapter 5. Valentin, Brecht and Comic Inelasticity: Ridiculing Rigidity as an Impediment to Social Change, by Meg Mumford Chapter 6. Happiness, Dead and Alive: Object Theatre as Philosophy of the Encounter, by Carolyn Shapiro Chapter 7. Living in the Doll House: Cavell, Comedy and <span style="font-style:italic;">The Ladies Man, by Lisa Trahair Chapter 8. Trouble in Paradise?: Impotence and Comedy, by Lisabeth During Chapter 9. &ldquo;Only What Is Born Lives&rdquo;: Kafka L.O.L., by Jean-Michel Rabat&eacute; Chapter 10. The Grotesque: Comic Performance and the Paradox of Acting, by Josephine Gray About the Authors
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 792.2301; Comedy -- Philosophy; Comic, The; Body language
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786615107
• Related ISBNs: 9781786615091
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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