Performance Studies

Hardback

Main Details

Title Performance Studies
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Erin Striff
SeriesReaders in Cultural Criticism
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:213
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 155
Category/GenrePerformance art
Dance and other performing arts
ISBN/Barcode 9780333786734
ClassificationsDewey:790.2
Audience
General
A / AS level
Undergraduate
Illustrations XII, 213 p.

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Red Globe Press
Publication Date 27 September 2002
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This collection of articles on performance studies maps the field for those new to the discipline and shows the way in which a variety of events and rituals may be read as performance. The articles included help clarify what constitutes performance studies, as well as providing a valuable introduction to the many theoretical perspectives, including feminist, queer, post structuralist and post colonial theories, which are used to read performance in culture. Acts considered range from those that can be easily identified as performance, such as the strip show, to those that are more theoretically complex, such as performative speech.

Author Biography

ERIN STRIFF is Assistant Professor of English at Hartford University, USA. She has published on feminist theatre and performance art.