1. Performing Deception
- Author
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Rappert, Brian
- Subjects
deception ,entertainment magic ,learning ,perception ,bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AF Art forms::AFK Non-graphic art forms::AFKP Performance art ,bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AS Dance & other performing arts::ASZ Other performing arts::ASZG Conjuring & magic ,bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFH Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge::JFHX Hoaxes & deceptions ,bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography ,bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology::JMB Psychological methodology ,bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology::UB Information technology: general issues - Abstract
In Performing Deception, Brian Rappert reconstructs the practice of entertainment magic by analysing it through the lens of perception, deception and learning, as he goes about studying conjuring himself. Through this novel meditation on reasoning and skill, Rappert elevates magic from the undertaking of mere trickery to an art that offers the basis for rethinking our possibilities for acting in the modern world. Performing Deception covers a wide range of theories in sociology, philosophy, psychology and elsewhere in order to offer a striking assessment of the way secrecy and deception are woven into social interactions, as well as the illusionary and paradoxical status of expertise.
- Published
- 2022
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