Performance: A Critical Introduction
Performance: A Critical Introduction
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Performance: A Critical Introduction is the first survey to provide an overview of the modern concept of performance and how it has developed in various fields.
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Performance: A Critical Introduction by Marvin Carlson
Performance: A Critical Introduction is the first survey to provide an overview of the modern concept of performance and how it has developed in various fields. In a highly accessible style Marvin Carlson introduces the reader to the contested interpretations of performance art as a theatrical activity and to the ways that performance has been understood by ethnographers, anthropologists, linguists and cultural theorists. Some of the topics he discusses include: * the evolution of performance art since the 1960s * developments of performance as a concept within the various social sciences * the relationships between performance, postmodernism and the politics of identity For any student of performance studies, visual and performing arts or theatre history, Performance: A Critical Introduction provides a vital insight into the diverse meanings and uses of performance
Marvin Carlson is Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature at the City University of New York
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415137034 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415137039 |
| Title | Performance: A Critical Introduction |
| Author | Marvin Carlson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1996-05-23 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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