The Cambridge introduction to performance theory / Simon Shepherd, the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Shepherd, Simon, 1956- author.
2016
HM1111 .S485 2016 (Mapit)
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The Cambridge introduction to performance theory / Simon Shepherd, the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Author
Shepherd, Simon, 1956- author.
ISBN
9781107696945 (paperback)
1107696941 (paperback)
9781107039322 (hardcover)
1107039320 (hardcover)
Published
Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, [2016]
Language
English
Description
x, 243 pages ; 23 cm.
Call Number
HM1111 .S485 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
302
Summary
"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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Cambridge introductions to literature.
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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.

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