Professing Performance: Theatre in the Academy from Philology to Performativity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521656054)

Contemporary academic discourse is filled with the word "perform". Nestled among a variety of prefixes and suffixes (re-, post-, -ance, -ivity?), the term functions as a vehicle for a host of inquiries. This development is intriguing and complex for students, artists, and scholars of performance and theater. By examining the history of theater studies and related institutions and comparing the very different disciplinary interpretations and developments that led to this engagement, this study offers ways of placing performance theory and performance studies in context.

Author: Shannon Jackson
ISBN-10: 0521656052
ISBN-13: 9780521656054
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/08/2004
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.59h x 5.61w x 0.58d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2004 pg. 667