Books by Lara (King's College London) Shalson

Offers a formal account and theory of endurance as a practice in performance art and protest. Discusses influential performances by Marina Abramovic, Chris Burden, Tehching Hsieh, Yoko Ono, and others, as well as 1960s lunch counter sit-ins and twenty-first-century protest camps. Essential reading in performance theory, art history, and political activism.