Professing Performance - Theatre in the Academy from Philology to Performativity (Hardcover)

Today's academic discourse is filled with the word 'perform'. Nestled amongst a variety of prefixes and suffixes (re-, post-, -ance, -ivity?), the term functions as a vehicle for a host of contemporary inquiries. For students, artists, and scholars of performance and theatre, this development is intriguing and complex. By examining the history of theatre studies and related institutions and by comparing the very different disciplinary interpretations and developments that led to this engagement, Professing Performance offers ways of placing performance theory and performance studies in context. This 2004 book considers the connection amongst a range of performance forms such as oratory, theatre, dance, and performance art and explores performance as both a humanistic and technical field of education. Throughout, she explores the institutional history of performance in the US academy in order to revise current debates around the role of the arts and humanities in higher education.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Theatre and Performance Theory
Release date:	April 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	Shannon Jackson
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-65189-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-65189-1
Barcode:	9780521651899

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