Performance: a critical introduction
by Marvin Albert Carlson
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Performance: A Critical Introduction is the first textbook 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. The topic he discusses include:
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the evolution of performance art since the 1960s
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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.
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American Arts, Arts, American, Arts, Modern, Modern Arts, Performance, Performance art, Performance studies, Theatre history, Visual and performing arts, Arts, united states, Performance art--united states, Arts, american--20th century, Arts, modern--20th century, Nx504 .c35 2003, 700/.973/09045, Arts, modernPlaces
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