3 SHORTNESS OF BREATH: BECKETT’S BREATH IN CONTEXT

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi
4. PREFACE vii
5. INTRODUCTION: IN THE SAME BREATH − FROM THE BLACK BOX TO THE WHITE CUBE AND BEYOND 1
6. PART I RESPIRATION, DISCOURSE AND THE QUESTION OF MEDIUM SPECIFICITY
7. 1 DEEPTIME: BREATH AND THE LOOK OF NON-ART 43
8. 2 THE DURATIONAL TURN: ABSORPTION AND THE SPECIFICITY OF TEMPORALITY 79
9. PART II (RE)PRESENTING BREATH
10. 3 SHORTNESS OF BREATH: BECKETT’S BREATH IN CONTEXT 103
11. 4 EMPTIED OF THEATRE: BREATH AND THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF DISEMBODIMENT 120
12. PART III THE EXHALED FIELD
13. 5 WASTE OF BREATH: THE READYMADE AS A STAGE SET 139
14. 6 INTERMEDIAL BREATH: DEFYING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN DISPLAYING AND STAGING 148
15. 7 INVESTIGATING THE MATERIALITY OF RESPIRATION IN DIFFERENT MEDIA 161
16. CONCLUSION: THE AFTERLIVES OF BREATH – BREATHE, BREATHE AGAIN . . . BREATHE BETTER 182
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 196
18. INDEX 216