{"product_id":"avatars-activism-and-postdigital-performance-liam-jarvis-9781350270534","title":"Avatars, Activism and Postdigital Performance: Precarious Intermedial Identities","description":"\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is an incisive study for scholars, students and practitioners interested in the wider conversations around identity-formation in postdigital cultures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Liam Jarvis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350270539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350270534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d","brand":"Liam Jarvis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078141866239,"sku":"9781350270534","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_021b289c-4302-4b8b-85ba-967538c0b1e2.jpg?v=1685473774","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/avatars-activism-and-postdigital-performance-liam-jarvis-9781350270534","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}