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This fourth edition of Richard Schechner's pioneering textbook has been revised with two new chapters, up-to-date coverage of global and intercultural performances, and an in-depth exploration of the growing international importance of Performance Studies.
List of contents
Preface Acknowledgements Margin Icons 1. WHAT IS PERFORMANCE? 2. WHAT IS PERFORMANCE STUDIES? 3. PERFORMANCE PROCESSES 4. THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF PERFORMANCE 5. RITUAL 6. PLAY 7. PERFORMING IN THE PALEOLITHIC 8. PERFORMATIVITY 9. SOCIAL MEDIA 10. INTERCULTURAL AND GLOBAL PERFORMANCES Bibliography Index
About the author
Richard Schechner is a pioneer of performance studies. A scholar, theatre director, editor, and playwright, he is University Professor of Performance Studies Emeritus at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and Editor of
TDR: The Journal of Performance Studies. Among his many books are
Environmental Theater (1973),
The End of Humanism (1982),
Performance Theory (2003, Routledge),
Between Theater and Anthropology (1985),
The Future of Ritual (1993, Routledge),
Over, Under, and Around: Essays on Performance and Culture (2004), and
Performed Imaginaries (2015, Routledge). His books and essays have been translated into more than 20 languages. He is the general editor of the Worlds of Performance series published by Routledge and the Enactments series published by Seagull Books. He founded The Performance Group, East Coast Artists, and East End Players and was a co-producing director of the Free Southern Theater and the New Orleans Group. He has directed theatre, led performance workshops, and lectured in the USA, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Sarah Lucie
is a Ph.D. candidate in Theater and Performance at the CUNY Graduate Center with an MA in Performance Studies from New York University. Her writing appears in
The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Politics,
PAJ,
Puppetry International,and
e-misférica. She also works as Assistant Editor for
TDR and General Manager of East Coast Artists.
Summary
This fourth edition of Richard Schechner's pioneering textbook has been revised with two new chapters, up-to-date coverage of global and intercultural performances, and an in-depth exploration of the growing international importance of Performance Studies.
