Reading a range of work from the US and UK over the last two decades, this isan innovative study of theatre's growing obsession with technologies and effects of naming. How does theatre reflect, and intervene in, naming practices across domains such as philosophy, computing, journalism, anthropology, advertising, military training, and genetics? INDICE: - Preface - Introduction: Improper Naming - Authorship: A Trick ofthe I - Assimilation: Sounding Through the Surface - Demonstration: Illustrative Irony - Diagnosis: Putting Medical History Under the Knife - Programming: The Designated Blueprint - Disclosure: Transcript and Testimony - Monstrosity:Branding the Phatic - Graphting: Plotting the Body as Puzzle - Supplement: Naming Critical Acts - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-51770-7
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 16/10/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés