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Performing Deception Learning, Skill and the Art of Conjuring

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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 underta...

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Main Author:	Rappert, Brian (auth)
Format:	Electronic Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Open Book Publishers 2022
Subjects:	Performance art Conjuring & magic Hoaxes & deceptions Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Psychological methodology Information technology: general issues deception; entertainment magic; learning; perception
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