Stumping and Stunts: Walking in Circles in the “Go-As-You-Please” Race
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Smith, Kirstin (2015) Stumping and Stunts: Walking in Circles in the “Go-As-You-Please” Race. TDR: The Drama Review, 59 (2). pp. 129-150. ISSN 1054-2043
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Abstract
New York City, 1884: 14 contestants set out to walk round and round a track for six days in the “go-as-you-please” race, taking as little rest as possible. What does this durational act tell us about a type of performance just beginning to be named in New York slang as a “stunt”? Anticipating early-20th-century dance marathons and later durational performance art, the race enacted and troubled circulation, revealing fault lines of valorization: between work and leisure, work and life, and sporting and theatrical performance.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | stunt,walking |
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Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jan 2017 00:06 |
Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2021 08:21 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/62082 |
DOI: | 10.1162/DRAM_a_00454 |
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