Performance: A Critical Introduction by Marvin Carlson

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
Titre	Performance: A Critical Introduction
Auteur	Marvin Carlson
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Année de publication	1996-05-23
Nombre de pages	256
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