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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
July 1, 1996
Pages
247
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780415137027
ISBN-10
0415137020
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 9 in.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$135.00
§As reported by publisher
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Performance: A Critical Introduction is the first survey 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. Some of the topics he discusses include:
* the evolution of performance art since the 1960s
* developments of performance as a concept within the various social sciences
* the relationships between performance, postmodernism and Ehe 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
* the evolution of performance art since the 1960s
* developments of performance as a concept within the various social sciences
* the relationships between performance, postmodernism and Ehe 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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9780415137027 | details & prices | 247 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $135.00
About: Performance: A Critical Introduction is the first survey to provide an overview of the modern concept of performance and how it has developed in various fields.
About: Performance: A Critical Introduction is the first survey to provide an overview of the modern concept of performance and how it has developed in various fields.
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