Liveness : Performance in a Mediatized Culture

Acknowledgments ix Preface to the second edition xi 1 Introduction: "an orchid in the land of technology" 1 2 Live performance in a mediatized culture 10 Teevee's playhouse 11 Is it live, or...? 24 Against ontology 43 Got live if you want it 63 3 Tryin' to make it real: live performance, simulation, and the discourse of authenticity in rock culture 73 Rock culture and the discourse of-authenticity 74 Seeing is believing 85 I want my MTV 97 Panic Clapton 107 4 Legally live: law, performance, memory 128 Teevee's courthouse, or the resistible rise of the videotape trial 130 You don't own me: performance as intellectual property 147 The Golimn problem 168 Law and remembrance 176 5 Conclusion 183 Bibliography 188 Index 201