Professing performance : theatre in the academy from philology to performativity / Shannon Jackson.
"Today's academic discourse is filled with the word "perform." Nestled amongst a variety of prefixes and suffixes (re-, post-, -ance, -ivity?), the term functions as a vehicle for a host of contemporary inquiries. For students, artists, and scholars of performance and theatre, th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Theatre and performance theory.
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| Summary: | "Today's academic discourse is filled with the word "perform." Nestled amongst a variety of prefixes and suffixes (re-, post-, -ance, -ivity?), the term functions as a vehicle for a host of contemporary inquiries. For students, artists, and scholars of performance and theatre, this development is intriguing and complex. By examining the history of theatre studies and related institutions and by comparing the very different disciplinary interpretations and developments that led to this engagement, Professing Performance offers ways of placing performance theory and performance studies in context. Shannon Jackson considers the connection amongst a range of performance forms. Throughout, she explores the institutional history of performance in the US academy in order to revise current debates around the role of the arts and humanities in higher education."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 254 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521651891 9780521651899 0521656052 9780521656054 |