Performance Studies
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The field of performance studies analyses the production and impact of on-stage performance, such as in a theatre or circus, and off-stage performance, such as cultural rituals and political protests. Performance Studies: Key Words, Concepts and Theories introduces students to 34 key topics seen as paramount to the future of performance studies in a series of short, engaging essays by an international team of distinguished scholars. Each essay contributes to the wide-ranging, adventurous and conscientious nature that makes performance studies such an innovative, valuable and exciting field.
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Introduction: The Ethical Drive; Bryan Reynolds.- 1. The 'F' Word, Feminism's Critical Futures; Elaine Aston.- 2. Public Sphere; Christopher Balme.- 3. Paramodern; Stephen Barker.- 4. Digital Culture; Sarah Bay-Cheng.- 5. Misperformance; Marin Blazevi? and Lada ?ale Feldman.- 6. Interval; Dylan Bolles and Peter Lichtenfels.- 7. Neuroaesthetics, Technoembodiment; Susan Broadhurst .- 8. Recursion, Iteration, Difference; Johan Callens .- 9. Living History, Re-enactment; Marvin Carlson.- 10. Performance Philosophy; Laura Cull.- 11. Translation, Cultural Ownership; Maria M. Delgado.- 12. The Intense Exterior; Rick Dolphijn.- 13. Cosmopolitanism; Milija Gluhovic.- 14. Cultural Diversity; Lynette Goddard.- 15. Citizenship, The Ethics of Inclusion; Nadine Holdsworth.- 16. Installation, Constellation; Lynette Hunter.- 17. Spatial Concepts; Silvija Jestrovic.- 18. Consensus, Dissensus; Adrian Kear.- 19. Counter Propaganda, Resistance; Suk-Young Kim.- 20. Ekstasis; Anthony Kubiak .- 21. Social Somatics; Petra Kuppers .- 22. Globalization, The Glocal, Third Space Theatre; Carl Lavery.- 23. Theatre of Immediacy, Transversal Poetics; Mark LeVine and Bryan Reynolds.- 24. Time in Theatre; Jerzy Limon.- 25. Magic in Theatre; Mihai Maniutiu.- 26. Empathetic Engagement; Bruce McConachie.- 27. Theories of Festival; Christina S. McMahon.- 28. Animality, Posthumanism; Jennifer Parker-Starbuck.- 29. Postdramatic Theatre; Patrice Pavis.- 30. Evo-Neuro-Theatre; Mark Pizzato.- 31. International/ism; Janelle Reinelt.- 32. Transculturation; Jon D. Rossini.- 33. Social Practice; Maria Shevtsova.- 34. City; Nicolas Whybrow .- Note on Contributors.- Index.