Theatre and Performance Studies

Name: Theatre and Performance Studies
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ISBN: 9780415504201

ISBN-10: 0415504201

ISBN-13: 9780415504201

Edition: 2014

Authors: Erika Fischer-Lichte, Minou Arjomand, Ramona Mosse

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Erika Fischer-Lichte's introduction to the discipline of Theatre Studies is a strikingly authoritative and wide ranging guide to the study of theatre in all of its forms. Its three-part structure moves from the first steps in starting to think about performance, through to the diverse and interrelated concerns required of higher-level study: Part 1 - Topics and Basic Terms - introduces the language and key ideas that are used to discuss and think about theatre: concepts of performance; the emergence of meaning; how the theatrical event is experienced. It also traces the history of Theatre Studies as a discipline in the West, putting this book's themes in context. Part 2 - Subject Areas,…

Book details

Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/8/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 214
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Preface


Prologue: Is Everything Theatre?



Central Concepts for Theatre and Performance Research



The Concept of Theatre



The History of the Discipline



The Concept of Performance



Fields, Theories, and Methods



Performance Analysis



Theatre Historiography



Theorizing Theatre and Performance



Pushing Boundaries



Interweaving Cultures in Performance



Performing the Arts



Cultural Performances


Epilogue: Is Everything Theatre?


Bibliography