Performing Dark Arts: A Cultural History of Conjuring English | 280 pages | ISBN-10: 1841501492 | PDF | 3.84 MB From David Blaine's death-defying feats of will to Harry Potter's boarding-school victories against evil forces, the darker side of magic and its performance clearly strikes a cultural nerve. The conjuror's act of bringing the impossible into being and summoning both the grotesque and marvelous with a sudden gesture challenges spectators' assumptions of reality and fantasy.
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