TY  - BOOK
N2  - "Simon Shepherd explains the origins of performance theory, defines the terms and practices within the field and provides new insights into performance's wide range of definitions and uses. Offering an overview of the key figures, their theories and their impact, Shepherd provides a fresh approach to figures including Erving Goffman and Richard Schechner and ideas such as radical art practice, performance studies, radical scenarism and performativity. Essential reading for students, scholars and enthusiasts, this engaging account travels from universities into the streets and back again to examine performance in the context of political activists and teachers, countercultural experiments and feminist challenges, and ceremonies and demonstrations."--Provided by publisher.
AB  - "Simon Shepherd explains the origins of performance theory, defines the terms and practices within the field and provides new insights into performance's wide range of definitions and uses. Offering an overview of the key figures, their theories and their impact, Shepherd provides a fresh approach to figures including Erving Goffman and Richard Schechner and ideas such as radical art practice, performance studies, radical scenarism and performativity. Essential reading for students, scholars and enthusiasts, this engaging account travels from universities into the streets and back again to examine performance in the context of political activists and teachers, countercultural experiments and feminist challenges, and ceremonies and demonstrations."--Provided by publisher.
T1  - The Cambridge introduction to performance theory /
AU  - Shepherd, Simon,
CN  - HM1111
CN  - HM1111
ID  - 858755
KW  - Social interaction.
KW  - Performance
KW  - Acting
KW  - Performance art
SN  - 9781107696945
SN  - 1107696941
SN  - 9781107039322
SN  - 1107039320
TI  - The Cambridge introduction to performance theory /
ER  -