The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing Cultural Memory in the Americas

by Diana Taylor

Book Overview

In The Archive and the Repertoire preeminent performance studies scholar Diana Taylor provides a new understanding of the vital role of performance in the Americas. From plays to official events to grassroots protests, performance, she argues, must be taken seriously as a means of storing and transmitting knowledge. Taylor reveals how the repertoire of embodied memory-conveyed in gestures, the spoken word, movement, dance, song, and other performances-offers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822331233
• ISBN13: 9780822331230
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"