Acting and its Refusal in Theatre and Film

Acting and its Refusal in Theatre and FilmActing has traditionally been considered a form of pretending or falsehood, compared with the so called reality or truth of everyday life. Yet in the postmodern era, a reversal has occurred real life is revealed as something acted and acting is where people have begun to search for truth. In Acting and its Refusal in Theatre and Film, Marian McCurdy considers the ethical desire of refusing to act which results from blurred boundaries of acting and

This book offers an in-depth analysis of four postdramatic and transdisciplinary collective creation theatre projects

Aleksandra Kaminska provides an important contribution to site-specific histories of media art

Chris Ware and David Clark are investigated alongside other authors and media such as digital media

political and technological sense

• David Fielding

Los Angeles is undergoing a makeover

This book aims to articulate international approaches to the making

Written from a theoretical perspective

Beautifully written and exhaustively researched

Including the studies of eminent academics

demonstrating how the interplay between digital and cultural systems calls for alternative pedagogical strategies that encourage student-centered interactive learning

and identity