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What is performance art? : Australian perspectives

by Adam Geczy, Mimi Kelly

This collection documents fifty years of Australian performance art through contributions from theorists and practitioners. It examines the genre's development from the 1970s to the present, focusing on themes of gender, politics, and communication.

Accession 14460 ISBN 9780909952938 Publisher Power Publications
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