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A Critical Introduction - Second Edition

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  • 288pagine
  • 11 ore di lettura

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This comprehensively revised, illustrated edition discusses recent performance work and takes into consideration changes that have taken place since the book's original publication in 1996. Marvin Carlson guides the reader through the contested definition of performance as a theatrical activity and the myriad ways in which performance has been interpreted by ethnographers, anthropologists, linguists, and cultural theorists. Topics covered include:*the evolution of performance art since the 1960s*the relationship between performance, postmodernism, the politics of identity, and current cultural studies*the recent theoretical developments in the study of performance in the fields of anthropology, psychoanalysis, linguistics, and technology.With a fully updated bibliography and additional glossary of terms, students of performance studies, visual and performing arts or theatre history will welcome this new version of a classic text.

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Performance, Marvin Carlson

Lingua
Pubblicato
2004
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(In brossura),
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Danneggiato
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3,80 €

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Sottotitolo
A Critical Introduction - Second Edition
Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Routledge
Pubblicato
2004
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
288
ISBN10
0415299276
ISBN13
9780415299275
Serie
Descrizione
This comprehensively revised, illustrated edition discusses recent performance work and takes into consideration changes that have taken place since the book's original publication in 1996. Marvin Carlson guides the reader through the contested definition of performance as a theatrical activity and the myriad ways in which performance has been interpreted by ethnographers, anthropologists, linguists, and cultural theorists. Topics covered include:*the evolution of performance art since the 1960s*the relationship between performance, postmodernism, the politics of identity, and current cultural studies*the recent theoretical developments in the study of performance in the fields of anthropology, psychoanalysis, linguistics, and technology.With a fully updated bibliography and additional glossary of terms, students of performance studies, visual and performing arts or theatre history will welcome this new version of a classic text.