Performance Art Books

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The Family Fang The Family Fang (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as performance-art)
avg rating 3.62 — 32,990 ratings — published 2011
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Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present (World of Art) Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present (World of Art)
by (shelved 5 times as performance-art)
avg rating 3.97 — 466 ratings — published 1979
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Walk Through Walls: A Memoir Walk Through Walls: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as performance-art)
avg rating 4.55 — 21,538 ratings — published 2016
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I'm Glad My Mom Died I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-art)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,540,811 ratings — published 2022
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Activities of Daily Living Activities of Daily Living (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-art)
avg rating 3.83 — 969 ratings — published 2022
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Psychoanalyst Meets Marina Abramovic: Jeannette Fischer Meets Artist Psychoanalyst Meets Marina Abramovic: Jeannette Fischer Meets Artist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-art)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,037 ratings — published 2019
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Unmarked: The Politics of Performance Unmarked: The Politics of Performance (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-art)
avg rating 4.09 — 139 ratings — published 1993
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On Edge: Performance at the End of the Twentieth Century On Edge: Performance at the End of the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-art)
avg rating 4.21 — 42 ratings — published 1994
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Contract With The Skin: Masochism, Performance Art, and the 1970s Contract With The Skin: Masochism, Performance Art, and the 1970s (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-art)
avg rating 3.80 — 35 ratings — published 1998
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Angry Women Angry Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-art)
avg rating 4.15 — 820 ratings — published 1991
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-art)
avg rating 3.96 — 121,772 ratings — published 2002
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When Marina Abramović Dies: A Biography When Marina Abramović Dies: A Biography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-art)
avg rating 4.46 — 271 ratings — published 2008
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Performance: Live Art Since the '60s Performance: Live Art Since the '60s (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-art)
avg rating 4.06 — 62 ratings — published 2004
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Postdramatic Theatre Postdramatic Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-art)
avg rating 3.99 — 311 ratings — published 1999
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The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.03 — 207,277 ratings — published 1936
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Daddy Plays a Mean Guitar Daddy Plays a Mean Guitar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.55 — 22 ratings — published 2026
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The World According to Patrick White The World According to Patrick White
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.10 — 10 ratings — published
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Lolly on the Ice Lolly on the Ice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.76 — 41 ratings — published
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Sync or Swarm: Improvising Music in a Complex Age Sync or Swarm: Improvising Music in a Complex Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.61 — 23 ratings — published 2005
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Bound Bound (Audiobook)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.65 — 35,123 ratings — published 2025
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On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,461 ratings — published 2025
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Nature (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art) Nature (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.10 — 49 ratings — published 2012
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Performed Imaginaries Performed Imaginaries (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.50 — 4 ratings — published 2014
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Nick Hern Books Slave Play. Nick Hern Books Slave Play. (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published
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Murder at the Patel Motel Murder at the Patel Motel (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.67 — 4,686 ratings — published
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Be Bold, Bob Be Bold, Bob (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.65 — 26 ratings — published
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The White Vault (4) The White Vault (4)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.24 — 49 ratings — published
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Disordered Attention: How We Look at Art and Performance Today Disordered Attention: How We Look at Art and Performance Today (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.00 — 191 ratings — published 2024
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Minister of Loneliness Minister of Loneliness (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.35 — 705 ratings — published
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The Outlaw Noble Salt The Outlaw Noble Salt (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.38 — 13,560 ratings — published 2024
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Psychoanalysis and Performance Psychoanalysis and Performance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2001
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Alright Darling?: The Contemporary Drag Scene Alright Darling?: The Contemporary Drag Scene (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.32 — 71 ratings — published
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Enchanted April Enchanted April (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.58 — 119 ratings — published 2004
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Arcane Archivist #3 Arcane Archivist #3 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published
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The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why it Failed The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why it Failed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.12 — 6,458 ratings — published 2025
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Six Stories (Six Stories, #1) Six Stories (Six Stories, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.77 — 6,964 ratings — published 2016
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Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.86 — 3,917 ratings — published 2020
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Tough Luck Tough Luck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,580 ratings — published 2025
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The Big Fix (Jack Bergin, #2) The Big Fix (Jack Bergin, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.61 — 1,263 ratings — published 2025
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The Clairvoyant Countess (Madame Karitska, #1) The Clairvoyant Countess (Madame Karitska, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,812 ratings — published 1975
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In the Midnight Rain In the Midnight Rain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.38 — 13,796 ratings — published 2000
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Conception Conception (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published
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Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978–1983 Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978–1983 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 4.57 — 7 ratings — published
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Performance Anthology: Source Book for a Decade of California Performance Art (Contemporary Documents, V. 1) Performance Anthology: Source Book for a Decade of California Performance Art (Contemporary Documents, V. 1)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 5.00 — 4 ratings — published 1980
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Peter Liversidge: Notes On Protesting Peter Liversidge: Notes On Protesting (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Sugarland Sugarland (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.00 — 658 ratings — published
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Tales from the Cafe (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2) Tales from the Cafe (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.96 — 140,385 ratings — published 2017
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Striptease: From Gaslight to Spotlight Striptease: From Gaslight to Spotlight (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.90 — 42 ratings — published 2003
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Boy Boy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as performance-art)
avg rating 3.82 — 658 ratings — published 2025
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