Schechner, Richard, 1934-

Performed imaginaries [electronic resource] / Richard Schechner. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2015. - 1 online resource (ix, 196 p.) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Can we be the (new) Third World? -- 2. The conservative avant-garde -- 3. The 1960s, TDR, and performance studies : from a 2009 interview by Ana Bigotte Vieira and Ricardo Seica Salgado, revised in 2014 by Richard Schechner -- 4. 9/11 As avant-garde art? -- 5. Performed imaginaries : the Ramlila of Ramnagar and the maya-lila cosmos -- 6. Self-inflicted wounds : art, ritual, popular culture -- 7. "Points of contact" revisited.

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Performing arts--Philosophy.
Theater--Philosophy.