Performance Studies: Key Words, Concepts and Theories

By Bryan Reynolds

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230247296
• ISBN13: 9780230247291
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"