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Tables of Contents for Liminal Acts
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
ix
Introduction
1
11
The Liminal: A Preliminary View
12
14
The Problem of Aestheticization: Kant, Nietzsche and Heidegger
26
17
Kant
26
5
Nietzsche
31
4
Heidegger
35
8
Contemporary Aesthetics
43
26
Foucault
43
4
Derrida
47
6
Baudrillard
53
6
Lyotard
59
10
Liminal Theatre
69
40
Tanztheater: a dancing across margins
69
13
`Theatre of images': Einstein on the Beach
82
8
`Synthetic fragments': Muller's Hamletmachine
90
9
`Social sculptures': Viennese Actionism
99
10
Liminal Film
109
30
`Painterly' aesthetics: Prospero's Books
109
6
Liminal politics: the `queer' aesthetics of Edward II
115
6
Transgressing borders: Der Himmel uber Berlin/Wings of Desire
121
9
Limits of fragmentation: Europa/Zentropa
130
9
Liminal Music
139
29
Digital sampling: the techno music scene
139
10
Digitized Performance: the `acid' rave
149
3
Destructive aesthetics: neo-gothic sound
152
16
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
152
6
Einsturzende Neubauten
158
10
Conclusion: Liminal Performance
168
12
References
180
11
Index
191