Performance: A Critical IntroductionPsychology Press, 1996 - 247 pagini Performance: A Critical Introductionis the first survey to provide an overview of the modern concept of performance and how it has developed in various fields. In a highly accessible style Marvin Carlson introduces the reader to the contested interpretations of performance art as a theatrical activity and to the ways that performance has been understood by ethnographers, anthropologists, linguists and cultural theorists. Some of the topics he discusses include: * the evolution of performance art since the 1960s * developments of performance as a concept within the various social sciences * the relationships between performance, postmodernism and the politics of identity For any student of performance studies, visual and performing arts or theatre history, Performance: A Critical Introductionprovides a vital insight into the diverse meanings and uses of performance |
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anthropological | 13 |
approaches | 34 |
Performance in its historical context | 79 |
Performance art | 100 |
Performance and the postmodern | 123 |
Performance and identity | 144 |
Resistant performance | 165 |
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