From the age of Aristotle to the age of AIDS, writers, thinkers, performers and activists have wresteled with what "performance" is all about. At the same moment, "performativity"--a new concept in language theory--has become a ubiquitous term in literary studies. This volume grapples with the nature of these two key terms whose traces can be found everywhere: in the theatre, in the streets, in philosophy, in questions of race and gender, and in the sentences we speak.
| ISBN: | 9780415910552 |
| Publication date: | 24th October 1995 |
| Author: | Andrew Parker |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Series: | Essays from the English Institute |
| Genres: |
The arts: general topics Theatre studies Performance art History Literary theory Cultural studies Semiotics / semiology |