"With integrated companion website"--Cover.
Richard Schechner is a pioneer of Performance Studies.
See also simulation; tourist performances Claudel, Paul 301; La Femme et son Ombre 69 Cochran, ... See also globalization Cultural Revolution (China) 39 Cunningham, Merce 189,242 Da Vinci, Leonardo: The Last Supper 249 Dada 11, 39, 40, ...
The 18 essays by scholars and educators seek to reflect the emergent and contested nature of performance studies, a field that looks at the broad range of human performance from everyday conversation to formal theatre.
The collection is designed as a companion to Richard Schechner's popular Performance Studies: an Introduction (Routledge, 2002), but is also ideal as a stand-alone text.
The collection is designed to reflect the diversity of outlooks and provide a guide for students as well as scholars seeking a perspective on research trends.
Now in a second edition, Theatre Studies: The Basics is a fully updated guide to the wonderful world of theatre.
Brisk, thoughtful, and engaging, this is an essential first volume for anyone at work in theatre and performance studies today. Adapted from Theory for Religious Studies, by William E. Deal and Timothy K. Beal.
( 1998 ) . The future of performance studies : Visions and revisions Annandale , VA : National Communication Association . Debord , G. ( 1983 ) . Society of the spectacle . Detroit : Black and Red . ( Original work published 1977 ) Hall ...
This is the most comprehensive and sophisticated introduction to the field available, written by one of its foremost scholars.
Beginning with an overview of the development of performance studies, the essays offer new insights into: contemporary experimental and postdramatic theatre; participatory performance and museum exhibitions; the performance of politicians, ...