Live Art In La: Performance Art In Southern California, 1970-1983 Documents And Critically Examines One Of The Most Fecund Periods In The History Of Live Art. The Book Forms Part Of The Getty Institute,s Pacific Standard Time Initiative - A Series Of Exhibitions, Performance Re-enactments And Research Projects Focused On The Greater Los Angeles Area. This Extraordinary Volume, Beautifully Edited By One Of The Leading Scholars In The Field, Makes Vivid The Compelling Drama Of Performance History On The West Coast. Live Art In La: Moves Lucidly Between Discussions Of Legendary Figures Such As J. Violence And Rupture: Misfires Of The Ephemeral / Peggy Phelan -- Happening Again: Reinventing Allan Kaprow / Michael Ned Holte -- Voices, Variations, And Deviations: From The Lace Archive Of Southern California Performance Art / Suzanne Lacy And Jennifer Flores Sternad -- Lost Bodies: Early 1970s Los Angeles Performance Art In Art History / Amelia Jones. Edited By Peggy Phelan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.