{"product_id":"9781350159310","title":"Avatars, Activism and Postdigital Performance Precarious Intermedial Identities","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAvatars, Activism and Postdigital Performance\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePrecarious Intermedial Identities\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLiam Jarvis | Karen Savage\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the context of the postdigital age, where technology is increasingly part of our social and political world, \u003ci\u003eAvatars, Activism and Postdigital Performance \u003c\/i\u003etraces how identity can be created, developed, hijacked, manipulated, sabotaged and explored through performance in postdigital cultures. Considering how technology is reshaping performance, this timely collection reveals how we engage in performance practices through expanded notions of intermediality, knotted networks and layering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the artist as activist and producer of avatars, and how digital doubles, artificial intelligence and semi-automated politics are problematizing and expanding our discussions of identity. Using a range of examples in theatre, film and internet-based performance practices, chapters examine the uncertain boundaries of networked 'informational selves' in mediatized cultures, the impacts of machine algorithms, apps and the consequences of digital legacies. Case studies include James Cameron's \u003ci\u003eAvatar\u003c\/i\u003e, Blast Theory's\u003ci\u003e Karen\u003c\/i\u003e, Ontroerend Goed's \u003ci\u003eA Game of You\u003c\/i\u003e, Randy Rainbow's online videos, Sisters Grimm's \u003ci\u003eCalpurnia Descending\u003c\/i\u003e, Dead Centre's \u003ci\u003eLippy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChekhov's First Play\u003c\/i\u003e and Jo Scott's practice-as-research in 'place-mixing'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an incisive study for scholars, students and practitioners interested in the wider conversations around identity-formation in postdigital cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiam Jarvis \u003c\/b\u003eis a Senior Lecturer in Theatre at the University of Essex, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Savage\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of the School of Fine \u0026amp; Performing Arts at the University of Lincoln, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 December 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350159310\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.44\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333064196236,"sku":"9781350159310","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_82e9f74b-2ca3-47a2-aa23-1fd21e527353.jpg?v=1783608478","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350159310","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}