Performance Studies

The Basics

Andreea S. Micu

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Routledge
26 October 2021

The Arts: General & Reference; Performance art; Theatre Studies; Communication studies; Society & culture: general; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: The Basics

Performance Studies: The Basics offers an overview of the multiple, often overlapping definitions of performance, from performance art, performance as everyday life, and rituals, to the performative dimensions of identity, such as gender, race and sexuality.

This book defines the interdisciplinary field of performance studies as it has evolved over the past four decades at the intersection of academic scholarship and artistic and activist practices. It discusses performance as an important means of communicating and of understanding the world, highlighting its intersections with critical theory and arguing for the importance of performance in the study of human behaviour and social practices.

Complete with a helpful glossary and bibliography, as well as suggestions for further reading, this book is an ideal starting point for those studying performance studies as well as for general readers with an interest in the subject.

By: Andreea S. Micu
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 60g
ISBN: 9780367251758
ISBN 10: 0367251752
Series: The Basics
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 26 October 2021
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1 What Is Performance? 2 Performance Art 3 Performance and Performativity 4 Identity and Lived Experience 5 Performance Activism 6 Performance Research Methods 7 Performance Studies

Andreea S. Micu is an Associate Researcher at the Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University. She has taught classes in performance, culture and communication at Northwestern University, where she also obtained her doctoral degree in Performance Studies. Her writing about performance has appeared in both scholarly and general publications such as pARTicipatory urbanisms, Performance Philosophy and The New Alphabet School.

Reviews for Performance Studies: The Basics

If you are looking for rigorous, accessible, and bracingly contemporary answers to the what, how, and why of performance studies, you will find them in Performance Studies: The Basics. This meticulous introduction outlines the field's complex and contested genealogies, its theoretical infrastructures, and its methodological possibilities. It efficiently and evocatively captures performance studies' scope, models its ethical commitments, and details its diversity: a must read for students and faculty from high school to grad school. Judith Hamera, Princeton University