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Professing Performance: Theatre in the Academy from Philology to Performativity

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Professing Performance: Theatre in the Academy from Philology to Performativity
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Shannon Jackson
SeriesTheatre and Performance Theory
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:268
Dimensions(mm): Height 217,Width 139
Category/GenreDrama
ISBN/Barcode 9780521656054
ClassificationsDewey:792.071
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 8 April 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Today's academic discourse is filled with the word 'perform'. Nestled amongst a variety of prefixes and suffixes (re-, post-, -ance, -ivity?), the term functions as a vehicle for a host of contemporary inquiries. For students, artists, and scholars of performance and theatre, this development is intriguing and complex. By examining the history of theatre studies and related institutions and by comparing the very different disciplinary interpretations and developments that led to this engagement, Professing Performance offers ways of placing performance theory and performance studies in context. Shannon Jackson considers the connection amongst a range of performance forms such as oratory, theatre, dance, and performance art and explores performance as both a humanistic and technical field of education. Throughout, she explores the institutional history of performance in the US academy in order to revise current debates around the role of the arts and humanities in higher education.

Reviews

"Highly recommended for its detailed treatment of the obstacles and promise of performance studies." Theatre Journal "Although a relatively slim volume, Professing Performance is an unusually ambitious, far-ranging and richly textured study." The Drama Review David Savran