Harding, J: The Ghosts of the Avant-Garde(s)

Examines the diversity and plurality of avant-garde gestures and expressions to suggest "avant-garde pluralities” and how an appreciation of these pluralities enables a more dynamic and global understanding of vanguardism in the performing arts. The book surveys a variety of canonical and non-canonical examples of avant-garde performance, and develops a range of theoretical paradigms that defend the haunting cultural and political significance of avant-garde expressions.