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Zusatztext Praise for the previous edition:"This is vintage Carlson-erudite! concise! precise and engaging"Maria Shevstova! Theatre Quarterly Informationen zum Autor Marvin Carlson is Sidney E. Cohn Professor of Theatre, Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA. Among his books are Theories of the Theatre and The Haunted Stage . Zusammenfassung Since its first publication in 1996, Marvin Carlson's Performance: A critical introduction has remained the definitive guide to understanding performance as a theatrical activity. This new edition addresses performing race and ethnicity; performance concerned with age and disability; and participatory and immersive theatre. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: what is performance? Chapter 1 The performance of culture: anthropological and ethnographic approaches Chapter 2 Performance in society: sociological and psychological approaches Chapter 3 The performance of language: linguistic approaches Chapter 4 Performance in its historical context Chapter 5 Performance art Chapter 6 Performance and the postmodern Chapter 7 Performance and identity Chapter 8 Cultural performance Conclusion: what is performance? Glossary Bibliography
