| Description |
x, 243 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge introductions to literature |
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Cambridge introductions to literature.
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| Contents |
Part I. Definitions of performance. Sociology and the rituals of interaction -- Theatre, ceremony and everyday life -- Ethnography, folklore and communicative events -- Cultural performance, social drama and liminality -- Performance as a new sort of knowledge -- Part II. The emergence of performance as sensuous practice. Situationism, games and subversion -- Hippies and expressive play -- Performance as a new pedagogy -- Architecture and the performed city -- New forms of activism -- Happenings and everyday performance -- Body art and feminism -- The arrival of performance art and live art -- Dance party politics -- Part III. Theorising performance. Performance, postmodernism and critical theory -- What performance studies is: version 1: New York and Northwestern -- What performance studies is: version 2: oral interpretation -- How performance studies emerged -- Gender performativity -- Performance and performativity -- The relations between performance, theatre and text -- The magic of performance. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Social interaction.
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Performance -- Social aspects.
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Acting -- Social aspects.
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Performance art -- Social aspects.
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| ISBN |
9781107039322 (hardback) |
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1107039320 (hardback) |
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9781107696945 (paperback) |
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1107696941 (paperback) |
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