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
Biography
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.
Praise for the previous edition:
"This is vintage Carlson—erudite, concise, precise and engaging"
Maria Shevstova, Theatre Quarterly
