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Book SynopsisPresenting a clear overview of the diverse approaches to Performance Studies, this Companion provides a complete guide for students and scholars seeking a perspective on trends in the field. Bridging live art practices with technological media, and social sciences with humanities, it reflects the hybrid and experimental nature of this vibrant discipline.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The pirouette, detour, revolution, deflection, deviation, tack, and yaw of the performative turn Tracy C. Davis; Part I. Social Polities: History in Individuals: 1. Performance and democracy Nicholas Ridout; 2. Performance as research: live events and documents Baz Kershaw; 3. Movement's contagion: the kinesthetic impact of performance Susan Leigh Foster; 4. Performance matters: Bali and Baliology in the years of living dangerously John Emigh; 5. Universal experience: the city as tourist stage Susan Bennett; 6. Performance and intangible culture heritage Diana Taylor; Part II. Body Politics: The Individual in History; 7. Live and technologically mediated performance Philip Auslander; 8. Moving histories: performance and oral history Della Pollock; 9. What is the 'social' in social practice?: comparing experiments in performance Shannon Jackson; 10. Live art in art history: a paradox? Amelia Jones; 11. Queer theory E. Patrick Johnson.
