The Ghosts of the Avant-Garde(s): Exorcising Experimental Theater and Performance
- ISBN-10
- 0472118749
- ISBN-13
- 9780472118748
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 234
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-05-22
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Author
- James M. Harding
Description
A spirited challenge to previous notions of the avant-garde and avant-garde performance
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