Being Watched by Carrie Lambert-Beatty - ISBN: 9780262516075
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How Yvonne Rainer’s art shaped new ways of watching as well as performing; how it connected 1960s avant-garde art to politics and activism.

Being Watched

Yvonne Rainer and the 1960s

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    25 February 2011

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Summary

How Yvonne Rainer’s art shaped new ways of watching as well as performing; how it connected 1960s avant-garde art to politics and activism. In her dance and performances of the 1960s, Yvonne Rainer famously transformed the performing body-stripped it of special techniques and star status, traded its costumes and leotards for T-shirts and sneakers, asked it to haul mattresses or recite texts rather than leap or spin. Without discounting these innovations, Carrie Lambert-Beatty argues in Being …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262516075
ISBN-10:0262516071
Author:Carrie Lambert-Beatty
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:25 February 2011
Weight:794g
Dimensions:229mm x 178mm x 17mm
Series:October Books
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Critics Review

“The book is a fantastic read and an exemplary text… a highly original analysis,this study is sure to become a classic.” MJ Thompson TDR: The DramaReview

The book is a fantastic read and an exemplary text…a highly original analysis, this study is sure to become a classic.

– MJ Thompson * TDR: The Drama Review *

About The Author

Carrie Lambert-Beatty

Carrie Lambert-Beatty is Assistant Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture and the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University.

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