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The Ends of Performance

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Description for The Ends of Performance Paperback. Bridging the gap between cultural studies, performing arts, and anthropology, performance studies explores myriad ways in which performance creates meaning and shapes our everyday lives. The broadest and most inclusive volume to date, THE ENDS OF PERFORMANCE both celebrates and critiques the institutionalization of the field. 12 illustrations. Editor(s): Phelan, Peggy; Lane, Jill. Num Pages: 384 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.

A broad and inclusive volume of the celebrations and critiques of performance arts
Focusing on the living arts—dance, theatre, music, performance art, ritual, and popular entertainment—performance studies expands our understanding of "performance" as both a vital artistic practice and a means by which to understand social and cultural processes. Bridging the gap between cultural studies, performing arts, and anthropology, performance studies explores myriad ways in which performance creates meaning and shapes our everyday lives.
The broadest and most inclusive volume to date, The Ends of Performance both celebrates and critiques the institutionalization of the field. Only recently ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
239
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Weight
610g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814766477
SKU
V9780814766477
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Ref
99-50

About Phelan
Peggy Phelan is chair of the Department of Performance Studies at New York University. She is the author of Unmarked: The Politics of Performance and Mourning Sex: Performing Public Memories. Jill Lane is a doctoral candidate in Performance Studies at New York University and director of the first annual Performance Studies Conference.

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