Performativity and Performance
| Author | : Andrew Parker |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 2013-11-05 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781135207571 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1135207577 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (577 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Performativity and Performance by : Andrew Parker
Download or read book Performativity and Performance written by Andrew Parker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
