Performance: A Critical Introduction - Couverture souple

Carlson, Marvin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415137039 ISBN 13 : 9780415137034

Editeur : Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

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

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Marvin Carlson is Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature at the City University of New York

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415137039
• ISBN 13: 9780415137034
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible