Performance: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415255112 ISBN 13: 9780415255110

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

Over the past twenty years, 'performance' has emerged as a central analytical and critical concept. Now the focus of a burgeoning academic discipline, performance studies, it is also crucial to many other fields, including anthropology, sociology, communications, art history, cultural studies, linguistics and rhetoric. This collection brings together major texts articulating perspectives on performance and performativity. The multi-disciplinary approach of this collection reflects the growing importance of the concept of performance across a variety of disciplines. With a new introduction contextualising the concept's rise, and a full index to guide the reader through the work, this will be an invaluable reference tool for students and researchers alike.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415255112
• ISBN 13: 9780415255110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1704
• Editor: Auslander Philip