Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Postmodernism, Cultural Politics, Performance
1. Postmodern Culture as Mediatized Culture
2. Postmodernism and Cultural Politics
3. From the Politics of Ecstasy to the Ecstasy of Communication
Part 2: Going with the Flow: Performance in a Mediatized Culture
4. Performance Art and Television Culture
5. L.S.D. from The Crucible: The Wooster Group
6. Intellectual Property Meets the Cyborg: Technology and Textual Ownership in Postmodernist Performance
7. "Comedy about the Failure of Comedy": Stand-up Comedy and Postmodernism
8. Comedy, Mediatization, Resistance: Andy Kaufman and Sandra Bernhard
Conclusion
Notes
Index