Performance and Performativity by Mehmet Siray

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Performance and Performativity by Mehmet Siray

Within the wide range of writings on performance studies, theoreticians and practitioners have been using the concepts of performance and performativity as key terms for explaining different social, philosophical and artistic phenomena. The question «what are performance and performativity» is always already shaped according to what sort of ‘performance’ is being carried out, which performance is taken into consideration, which contexts and power-knowledge «stratum» operate in the formation of these concepts. Performance and Performativity primarily aims to find a way of grasping the maze of different positions that have become incorporated within the general and often overlapping terms of performance studies and performative theory. The book focuses on how «the power of discourse to produce what it names» is linked with the question of performance and performativity, rather than providing a general intellectual background and context for the modern idea of performance and performativity.
The Author: Mehmet Şiray is lecturer in Communication Studies at Bilkent University (Turkey). He has published on various topics related to Philosophy of Art, Performance and Media Studies.
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ISBN 13 9783631579565
ISBN 10 363157956X
Title Performance and Performativity
Author Mehmet Siray
Series Europaeische Hochschulschriften European University Studies Publications Universitaires Européennes
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Peter Lang AG
Year published 2009-02-12
Number of pages 260
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.