内容简介：
Acting has traditionally been considered a form of
pretending or falsehood, compared with the socalled
reality or truth of everyday life. Yet in the
postmodern era, a reversal has occurred – real life
is revealed as something acted and acting is where
people have begun to search for truth.
In Acting and its Refusal in Theatre and Film,
Marian McCurdy considers the ethical desire
of refusing to act – which results from blurred
boundaries of acting and living – and examines
how real life and performance are intertwined.
Offering a number of in-depth case studies, the
book contextualizes refusals of acting on stage
and screen and engages in an analysis of fascist
theatricality, sexual theatricality and the refusal of
theatricality altogether.
作者简介：
Marian McCurdy is a postdoctoral research
associate with the Te Puna Toi performance
research project in New Zealand.