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Performance: A Critical Introduction is the first textbook to provide an overview of the modern concept of performance and how it has developed in various fields. In a highly accessible style, Marvin Carlson introduces the reader to the contested interpretations of performance art as a theatrical activity and to the ways that performance has been understood by ethnographers, anthropologists, linguists, and cultural theorists. The topic he discusses include: - the evolution of performance art since the 1960s - developments of performance as a concept within the various social sciences - the…
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13 editions · 2 languages- Paperback · English · 2014PerformansDost Kitabevi Yayinlari · 363 pages · 9789752985032
- Other · English · 2017Taylor & Francis Group · 9781351983815
- Other · English · 2017Taylor & Francis Group · 292 pages · 9781138281677
- Other · English · 2017Taylor & Francis Group · 9781315271026
- Other · English · 2017Taylor & Francis Group · 9781351983839
- Other · English · 2017Taylor & Francis Group · 292 pages · 9781138281684
American ArtsArts, AmericanArts, ModernModern ArtsPerformancePerformance artPerformance studiesTheatre history