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Performance: A Critical Introduction Book

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 identityFor 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 performanceRead More

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  • 0415137039
  • 9780415137034
  • Marvin Carlson
  • 23 May 1996
  • Routledge
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
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