Performance studies : key words, concepts and theories /
edited by Bryan Reynolds, UCI Chancellor's Professor, University of California, USA.
- 2014 edition.
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- pages cm
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: The Ethical Drive; Bryan Reynolds -- 1. The 'F' Word, Feminism's Critical Futures; Elaine Aston -- 2. Public Sphere; Christopher Balme -- 3. Paramodern; Stephen Barker -- 4. Digital Culture; Sarah Bay-Cheng -- 5. Misperformance; Marin Blazevic and Lada Cale Feldman -- 6. Interval; Dylan Bolles and Peter Lichtenfels -- 7. Neuroaesthetics, Technoembodiment; Susan Broadhurst -- 8. Recursion, Iteration, Difference; Johan Callens -- 9. Living History, Re-enactment; Marvin Carlson -- 10. Performance Philosophy; Laura Cull -- 11. Translation, Cultural Ownership; Maria M. Delgado -- 12. The Intense Exterior; Rick Dolphijn -- 13. Cosmopolitanism; Milija Gluhovic -- 14. Cultural Diversity; Lynette Goddard -- 15. Citizenship, The Ethics of Inclusion; Nadine Holdsworth -- 16. Installation, Constellation; Lynette Hunter -- 17. Spatial Concepts; Silvija Jestrovic -- 18. Consensus, Dissensus; Adrian Kear -- 19. Counter Propaganda, Resistance; Suk-Young Kim -- 20. Ekstasis; Anthony Kubiak -- 21. Social Somatics; Petra Kuppers -- 22. Globalization, The Glocal, Third Space Theatre; Carl Lavery -- 23. Theatre of Immediacy, Transversal Poetics; Mark LeVine and Bryan Reynolds -- 24. Time in Theatre; Jerzy Limon -- 25. Magic in Theatre; Mihai Maniutiu -- 26. Empathetic Engagement; Bruce McConachie -- 27. Theories of Festival; Christina S. McMahon -- 28. Animality, Posthumanism; Jennifer Parker-Starbuck -- 29. Postdramatic Theatre; Patrice Pavis -- 30. Evo-Neuro-Theatre; Mark Pizzato -- 31. International/ism; Janelle Reinelt -- 32. Transculturation; Jon D. Rossini -- 33. Social Practice; Maria Shevtsova -- 34. City; Nicolas Whybrow -- Note on Contributors -- Index.
"The field of performance studies analyses the production and impact of on-stage performance, such as in a theatre or circus, and off-stage performance, such as cultural rituals and political protests. Performance Studies: Key Words, Concepts and Theories introduces students to 34 key topics seen as paramount to the future of performance studies in a series of short, engaging essays by an international team of distinguished scholars. Each essay contributes to the wide-ranging, adventurous and conscientious nature that makes performance studies such an innovative, valuable and exciting field"--
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Theater--Philosophy. Performing arts--Philosophy. LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama. PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General. PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism.