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Download or read book On Repetition written by Eirini Kartsaki and published by Intellect (UK). This book was released on 2016 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Repetition: Writing, Performance and Art aims to unpack the different uses and functions of repetition within contemporary performance, dance practices, craft and writing. This edited collection explores repetition in relation to intimacy, laughter, technology, familiarity and fear - proposing a new vocabulary for understanding what is at stake in works that repeat. Drawing on psychoanalysis, philosophy, linguistics, sociology and performance studies, and with case studies from a range of practices, the essays in On Repetition combine to form a unique interdisciplinary exploration of the functions of repetition in contemporary culture.