{"product_id":"the-cambridge-introduction-to-performance-theory-paperback-9781107696945","title":"The Cambridge Introduction to Performance Theory (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107696945","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Introduction to Performance Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis engaging account explains the meaning and origins of performance theory and why it has become so important.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSimon Shepherd (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107696945, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 March 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e246 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.1 x 1.4 cm, 0.37 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat does 'performance theory' really mean and why has it become so important across such a large number of disciplines, from art history to religious studies and architecture to geography? In this introduction Simon Shepherd explains the origins of performance theory, defines the terms and practices within the field and provides new insights into performance's wide range of definitions and uses. Offering an overview of the key figures, their theories and their impact, Shepherd provides a fresh approach to figures including Erving Goffman and Richard Schechner and ideas such as radical art practice, performance studies, radical scenarism and performativity. Essential reading for students, scholars and enthusiasts, this engaging account travels from universities into the streets and back again to examine performance in the context of political activists and teachers, countercultural experiments and feminist challenges, and ceremonies and demonstrations.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Definitions of Performance: 1. Sociology and the rituals of interaction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Theatre, ceremony and everyday life\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ethnography, folklore and communicative events\u003cbr\u003e 4. Cultural performance, social drama and liminality\u003cbr\u003e 5. Performance as a new sort of knowledge\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Emergence of Performance as Sensuous Practice: 6. Situationism, games and subversion\u003cbr\u003e 7. Hippies and expressive play\u003cbr\u003e 8. Performance as a new pedagogy\u003cbr\u003e 9. Architecture and the performed city\u003cbr\u003e 10. New forms of activism\u003cbr\u003e 11. Happenings and everyday performance\u003cbr\u003e 12. Body art and feminism\u003cbr\u003e 13. The arrival of performance art and live art\u003cbr\u003e 14. Dance party politics\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Theorising Performance: 15. Performance, postmodernism and critical theory\u003cbr\u003e 16. What performance studies is: version 1: New York and Northwestern\u003cbr\u003e 17. What performance studies is: version 2: oral interpretation\u003cbr\u003e 18. How performance studies emerged\u003cbr\u003e 19. Gender performativity\u003cbr\u003e 20. Performance and performativity\u003cbr\u003e 21. The relations between performance, theatre and text\u003cbr\u003e 22. The magic of performance\u003cbr\u003e Afterword.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Other performing arts [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Other performing arts\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Other%20performing%20arts%20%5BASZ%5D%22\"\u003eASZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Performance art [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Performance art\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Performance%20art%20%5BAFKP%5D%22\"\u003eAFKP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000994353432,"sku":"9781107696945","price":20.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107696945i.jpg?v=1694866045","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-introduction-to-performance-theory-paperback-9781107696945","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}