What is implied when we refer to the study of performing arts as
'drama', 'theatre' or 'performance'? Each term identifies a
different tradition of thought and offers different possibilities
to the student or practitioner. This book examines the history and
use of the terms and investigates the different philosophies,
politics, languages and institutions with which they are
associated. Simon Shepherd and Mick Wallis:
* analyze attitudes to drama, theatre and performance at
different historical junctures
* trace a range of political interventions into the field(s)
* explore and contextualise the institutionalisation of drama and
theatre as university subjects, then the emergence of 'performance'
as practice, theory and academic discipline
* guide readers through major approaches to drama, theatre and
performance, from theatre history, through theories of ritual or
play, to the idea of performance as paradigm for a postmodern
age
* discuss crucial terms such as action, alienation, catharsis,
character, empathy, interculturalism, mimesis, presence or
representation in a substantial 'keywords' section.
Continually linking their analysis to wider cultural concerns,
the authors here offer the most wide-ranging and authoritative
guide available to a vibrant, fast-moving field and vigorous
debates about its nature, purpose and place in the academy.
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