Performing bodies in pain : medieval and post-modern martyrs, mystics, and artists /

Carlson, Marla,

Performing bodies in pain : medieval and post-modern martyrs, mystics, and artists / Marla Carlson. - xii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history . - Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1349288276 (paperback) 9781349288274 (paperback)


Pain in the theater.
Violence in the theater.
Theater--History--United States--21st century.
Performance art.
Theater--History--France--Medieval, 500-1500.
French drama--History and criticism.--To 1500
Passion-plays--History and criticism.

PN2272.5.P35 / C37 2010

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