Performance: A Critical Introduction
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2017
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3rd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
9781138281684 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
9781138281684 (ISBN)
Since its first publication in 1996, Marvin Carlson's Performance: A critical introduction has remained the definitive guide to understanding performance as a theatrical activity. This new edition addresses performing race and ethnicity; performance concerned with age and disability; and participatory and immersive theatre.
Since its original publication in 1996, Marvin Carlson's Performance: A Critical Introduction has remained the definitive guide to understanding performance as a theatrical activity. It is an unparalleled exploration of the myriad ways in which performance has been interpreted, its importance to disciplines from anthropology to linguistics, and how it underpins essential concepts of human society.
In this comprehensively revised and updated third edition, Carlson tackles the pressing themes and theories of our age, with expanded coverage of :
the growth and importance of racial and ethnic performance;
the emergence of performance concerned with age and disability;
the popularity and significance of participatory and immersive theatre;
the crucial relevance of identity politics and cultural performance in the twenty-first century.
Also including a fully updated bibliography and glossary, this classic text is an invaluable touchstone for any student of performance studies, theatre history, and the performing and visual arts.
Since its original publication in 1996, Marvin Carlson's Performance: A Critical Introduction has remained the definitive guide to understanding performance as a theatrical activity. It is an unparalleled exploration of the myriad ways in which performance has been interpreted, its importance to disciplines from anthropology to linguistics, and how it underpins essential concepts of human society.
In this comprehensively revised and updated third edition, Carlson tackles the pressing themes and theories of our age, with expanded coverage of :
the growth and importance of racial and ethnic performance;
the emergence of performance concerned with age and disability;
the popularity and significance of participatory and immersive theatre;
the crucial relevance of identity politics and cultural performance in the twenty-first century.
Also including a fully updated bibliography and glossary, this classic text is an invaluable touchstone for any student of performance studies, theatre history, and the performing and visual arts.
Marvin Carlson is Sidney E. Cohn Professor of Theatre, Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA. Among his books are Theories of the Theatre and The Haunted Stage.
Introduction: what is performance?
Chapter 1 The performance of culture: anthropological and ethnographic approaches
Chapter 2 Performance in society: sociological and psychological approaches
Chapter 3 The performance of language: linguistic approaches
Chapter 4 Performance in its historical context
Chapter 5 Performance art
Chapter 6 Performance and the postmodern
Chapter 7 Performance and identity
Chapter 8 Cultural performance
Conclusion: what is performance?
Glossary
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.11.2017 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 480 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| ISBN-13 | 9781138281684 / 9781138281684 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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