 Performance studies, an introduction.
Author: Schechner, Richard Published: 2002 This important introductory textbook by a prime mover in the emergent field of Performance Studies is a defining moment for the discipline. It provides a lively and accessible overview of the full range of performance for undergraduates at all levels and beginning graduate students in performance studies, theatre, performing arts, and cultural studies. It includes discussion of the performing arts and popular entertainments, rituals, play and games, as well as the performances of everyday life. Supporting examples and ideas are drawn from the performing arts, anthropology, post-structuralism, ritual theory, ethology, philosophy, and aesthetics, and the text has been fully developed with input from leading teachers. |
