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Drama is a medium in which one group of bodies watches another group of bodies.The theatre is a place which exhibits what a human body is what it does whatit is capable of. It requires special things of bodies putting pressure on itsaudience as well as its performers. It creates and manipulates pleasure inrelation to bodies.Part theatre history part dramatic criticism part theoretical tour de forcethe central argument in Theatre Body and Pleasure is that theatre is wheresociety negotiates around bodily value and bodily meaning. It will thereforeappeal to those with interests not only in theatre but also in wider questionsabout society culture and pleasure.This unique and powerful study features a large historical range from medieval to postmodern case studies offering close readings of written texts examples of how to read for the body exploring written text as adiscipline of the body a breadth of cultural reference from stage plays through to dance culture a range of theoretical approaches including dance analysis andphenomenology.Simon Shepherd explores the interplay of bodily value the art of bodies andthe physical responses to that art. He explains first how the body makesmeaning and carries value and describes the relationship between time spaceand body. From here he looks at bodies that go beyond their apparent limitsbecoming excessive tangling with objects dissolving into their surroundings. «
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