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Professing Performance: Theatre in the Academy from Philology to Performativity (Theatre and Performance Theory)

By Shannon Jackson

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0521656052, 9780521656054
LCC
PN1576 .J33 2004
Open Library ID
OL22579408M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
859 kB (879968 bytes)
Pages
268\266
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Contemporary academic discourse is filled with the word "perform". Nestled among a variety of prefixes and suffixes (re-, post-, -ance, -ivity?), the term functions as a vehicle for a host of inquiries. This development is intriguing and complex for students, artists, and scholars of performance and theater. By examining the history of theater studies and related institutions and comparing the very different disciplinary interpretations and developments that led to this engagement, this study offers ways of placing performance theory and performance studies in context.

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