1st Edition

Performance Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies

Edited By Philip Auslander
1704 Pages
by Routledge

Over the past twenty years, 'performance' has emerged as a central analytical and critical concept. Now the focus of a burgeoning academic discipline, performance studies, it is also crucial to many other fields, including anthropology, sociology, communications, art history, cultural studies, linguistics and rhetoric. This collection brings together major texts articulating perspectives on... Read more
Volume I
Part I. Foundations and Definitions
Part II: Elements and Circumstances of Performance
Volume II

Part I: Representation
Part II: Textuality
Part III: Bodies
Part IV: Audiences/Spectatorship
Part V: Culture
Volume III
Part I: Science and Social Science
Part II: History, Politics, Political Economy
Volume IV
Part I: Identity and the Self
Part 2: Visual Art and Performance Art
Part 3: Media and Technology

Biography

Edited by Philip Auslander