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.
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 Blaževi? 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
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