Culture and Performance - The Challenge of Ethics, Politics and Feminist Theory (Hardcover, English ed)

Cultural theory has taken a 'performative turn', shifting its focus from the textual nature of the world to how the social world is narrated, its subjects are subjected and its relations are ritually enacted. The rise of performativity in cultural theory - spearheaded in many ways by feminist theory - has profound implications for the way we think about ethics and politics. Indeed, as it concerns all aspects of 'difference', it reshapes the ways we think about the continuities and interruptions of social life itself. Drawing on thinkers such as Foucault, Butler, Levinas, Arendt and Deleuze, "Culture and Performance" explores the development and direction of the notion of performativity. It interrogates the idea of subjectivity, the possibility of ethics and, beyond this, how such abstract questions relate to the world of political action. It traces the implications of the concept, and discusses the critique that is emerging from a renewed interest in creativity.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2007
First published:	April 2007
Authors:	Vikki Bell
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
Edition:	English ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-84520-104-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	1-84520-104-3
Barcode:	9781845201043

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