Anatomy Live

Anatomy Live: Performance and the Operating Theatre uses the anatomical theatre as a means of obtaining a cultural-historical perspective on the relationships between representations of the body, conceptions of subjectivity, and the performativity of knowledge, all subjects currently under discussion in a variety of disciplines. The authors demonstrate how the implications of this history can be seen at work in the appearance of dancing and acting bodies on stage, but also how contemporary theatre and performance 'talks back' to this history, criticizing its implications and arguing for alternatives.