Long suffering : American endurance art as prophetic witness /

"Long Sufferingproductively links avant-garde performance practices with religious histories in the United States, setting contemporary performances of endurance art within a broader context of prophetic religious discourse in the United States. Its focus is on the work of Ron Athey, Linda Mont...

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Main Author: Gonzalez Rice, Karen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
Series:Theater--theory/text/performance.
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