Synopses & Reviews
Addressing such topics as the use and abuse of "American" images and the image of the United States itself, as a place, a product or an idea, this issue of Performance Research assesses the implications of America and its powerful impact on contemporary European culture. As it deconstructs American film, art, and performance from a variety of perspectives, On America debates the aesthetic forms and political strategies of the United States and the problems related to cultural predominance and displacement, identity and aesthetic practice.
Synopsis
On America will respond to the powerful presence in contemporary culture of aesthetic forms and political strategies derived from North America. Counterpointing Letters from Europe, this book will address the use and abuse of images of and from North America, the deconstruction in performance theory and practice of North American art, film and performance, and the presentation of America as genre and fiction.