Mimesis

Elin Diamond

doi:10.4324/9780203103838-45

Mimesis

Elin Diamond

School of Arts and Science, English

Rutgers, The State University

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Any discussion of a performance’s or an artwork’s relation to the world outside itself will be shadowed by the long and vexed history of mimesis. Probably derived from mimos, meaning both actor and actor’s performance, mimesis is almost impossible to pin down. Its meanings run the gamut from the deprecatory-mimesis is mere copying, imitation, mimicry, fakery, reproduction-to the profoundly signicantmimesis is a faculty, a magical system of resemblance and correspondence, a fundamental component of human behavior.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Reading Contemporary Performance
Subtitle of host publication	Theatricality Across Genres
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	220-223
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781136246579
ISBN (Print)	9780415624978
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203103838-45
State	Published - Jan 1 2015

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General Arts and Humanities

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