Record Details     « New Search       Brief Record Full Record MARC Record     Bibliographic Data Control Number muse66971 Control Number Identifier MdBmJHUP Date and Time of Latest Transaction 20180207030003.0 General Information 180202s2018 miu o 00 0 eng d International Standard Book Number 9780472123636   0472123637   9780472130740   0472130749 System Control Number (OCoLC)1020606717 Cataloging Source MdBmJHUP MdBmJHUP Library of Congress Call Number HM851 .H377 2018 Main Entry - Personal Name Harding, James Martin, 1958-, author. Title Statement Performance, Transparency, and the Cultures of Surveillance [electronic resource] / James M. Harding Physical Description 1 online resource (1 PDF (ix, 311 pages)) General Note Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE Formatted Contents Note Introduction . All eyes to the street : surveillance, information technologies, and the space of Brecht's "street scene" -- God's eyes : chapter 1. Of sheep, shepherds, and oversight : defrocking the cultures of surveillance -- Private eyes : chapter 2. Surveillance operatives : activists, undercover agents, and the "new theater" -- Blind eyes : chapter 3. This private island : the modern ban-opticon from Camp X-Ray to private prisons -- Electronic eyes : chapter 4. Outperforming activism : surveillance technologies beyond the surveillance camera players -- Downcast eyes : chapter 5. Data doubles, Pepper's ghost, and zombie categories : the specters of performance in the bit parts of surveillance -- An eye for an eye : chapter 6. Envisioning performance postdemocracy : creative activism, (a little bit of) damage, and surveillance's inevitable products Summary, Etc. Placing the disciplines of performance studies and surveillance studies in a timely critical dialogue, Performance, Transparency, and the Cultures of Surveillance not only theorizes how surveillance performs but also how the technologies and corresponding cultures of surveillance alter the performance of everyday life. This exploration draws upon a rich array of examples from theatre, performance, and the arts, all of which provide vivid illustration of the book's central argument: that the rise of the surveillance society coincides with a profound collapse of democratic oversight and transparency--a collapse that, in turn, demands a radical rethinking of how performance practitioners conceptualize art and its political efficacy. The book thus makes the case that artists and critics must reexamine--indeed, must radically redefine--their notions of performance if they are to mount any meaningful counter to the increasingly invasive surveillance society Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Performing arts -- Political aspects   Performing arts -- Social aspects   Electronic surveillance -- Social aspects Index Term - Genre/Form Electronic books   Electronic books. -- local Added Entry - Corporate Name Project Muse,. distributor Added Entry - Corporate Name Project Muse           Physical Location           Digital Copy Not Available          Add to Book Cart  |   Download MARC