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9780333786741: Performance Studies: 9 (Readers in Cultural Criticism)
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ISBN 10: 0333786742 ISBN 13: 9780333786741
Editorial: Palgrave, 2002

Sinopsis

One of the first collections of articles on performance studies, this reader maps the field for those new to the discipline and shows the way in which a variety of events and rituals may be read as performance. The articles included help clarify what constitutes performance studies, as well as providing a valuable introduction to the many theoretical perspectives, including feminist, queer, post-structuralist, and post-colonial theories, which are used to read performance in culture. Acts considered range from those that can be easily identified as performance, such as the strip show, to those that are more theoretically complex, such as performative speech.

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Acerca del autor

ERIN STRIFF is Assistant Professor of English at Hartford University, USA.

De la contraportada

What is performance? We do not need to be in a theatre to think about the theatricality of how we behave in culture, but can a performance exist if there are no spectators? How do we know when performances are taking place if there is no curtain rising and falling? What does the act of performance achieve? How does performance studies attempt to answer those questions?

This collection of lively and stimulating articles on performance studies provides an understandable introduction to the field, and to the way in which performance touches all of our lives - from the rituals and ceremonies in which we partake, to the way we present ourselves depending on the company we keep. Together these articles help clarify what constitutes performance studies and introduce the reader to the many theoretical perspectives - including feminist, queer, post-structuralist and post-colonial - which are used to study performance in culture. Acts considered range from those that can be easily identified as performance, such as the strip-show, to the more theoretically complex, such as performative speech.

One of the first of its kind on performance studies, this reader is an essential text for all those with an interest in the subject, or who are approaching it for the first time.

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Editorial
Palgrave
Año de publicación
2002
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0333786742
ISBN 13 
9780333786741
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
228
Editor
Striff Erin
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