· 2025
The Performance Studies Reader
- 384citations
- 2025year
Short summary
This collection compiles foundational texts from key thinkers in Performance Studies, covering its core concepts and historical development.
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Key points
- The reader is structured into eight thematic sections, each focusing on a critical aspect of Performance Studies.
- It includes contributions from foundational figures such as Richard Schechner, Erving Goffman, Victor Turner, and Judith Butler.
- The collection covers a broad range of topics, from the theoretical definitions of performance to its ritualistic, playful, and intercultural dimensions.
- Key theorists in acting and directing methodologies are also featured, alongside scholars examining performance processes and global contexts.
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Abstract
Introduction Henry Bial Part 1: What is Performance Studies? Richard Schechner, W.B. Worthen, Jon McKenzie, Shannon Jackson, Barbara Kirschenblatt-Gimblett, John Bell Part 2: What is Performance? Erving Goffman, Clifford Geertz, Marvin Carlson, Neal Gabler, Peggy Phelan Part 3: Ritual Victor Turner, Catherine Bell, Michael Atwood Mason, Alyda Fabe, Jack Santino Part 4: Play Johan Huizinga, Gregory Bateson, Brian Sutton-Smith, Allan Kaprow, B.J. Ancelet Part 5: Performativity J.L. Austin, Judith Butler, Andrew Parker and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Johannes Fabian, Jacques Derrida Part 6: Performing Bertolt Brecht, Jerzy Grotowski, Lee Strasberg, Frances Harding, Rhonda Blair Part 7: Performance Processes Vsevolod Meyerhold, Isidore Okpewho, Marco De Marinis, Eugenio Barba, Mary Zimmerman Part 8: Global and Intercultural Performance Victor Turner with Edie Turner, Homi K. Bhabha, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Jill Lane, Dwight Conquergood, Diana Taylor
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