Critical Live Art : Contemporary Histories of Performance in the UK (Paperback)

Foreword: Live Art Performance Art Body Art Carolee Schneemann  Introduction: Live Art in the UK Dominic Johnson  1. Marginalia: Towards a Historiography of Live Art Dominic Johnson  2. Towards a Prehistory of Live Art in the UK Heike Roms and Rebecca Edwards  3. The Freaks’ Roll Call: Live Art and the Arts Council, 1968-73 Graham Saunders  4. Positive Surrender: An Interview with BREYER P-ORRIDGE Dominic Johnson  5. The Common Turn in Performance Gavin Butt  6. Duckie’s Gay Shame: Critiquing Pride and Selling Shame in Club Performance Catherine Silverstone  7. Frightening the Horses: An Interview with Neil Bartlett Lois Keidan  8. Spokeswomen and Posterpeople: Disability, Advocacy and Live Art Brian Lobel  9. Skin Deep: Female Flesh in UK Live Art since 1999 Gianna Bouchard  10. The Skin of the Theatre: An Interview with Julia Bardsley Dominic Johnson  11. On the Endurance of Theatre in Live Art Lara Shalson  12. Come Closer: Confessions of Intimate Spectators in One to One Performance Deirdre Heddon, Helen Iball and Rachel Zerihan