num_pages: 368
description: In this second edition, the author opens with a discussion of important developments in the discipline. His closing chapter, 'Global and Intercultural Performance', is completely rewritten in light of the post-9/11 world. Fully revised chapters with new examples, biographies and source material provide a lively, easily accessible overview of the full range of performance for undergraduates at all levels in performance studies, theatre, performing arts and cultural studies. Among the topics discussed are the performing arts and popular entertainments, rituals, play and games as well as the performances of everyday life. Supporting examples and ideas are drawn from the social sciences, performing arts, post-structuralism, ritual theory, ethology, philosophy and aesthetics. User-friendly, with a special text design, Performance An Introduction also includes the following 
language: English
title: Performance Studies, An Introduction, Second Edition
titlecomplete: Performance Studies, An Introduction, Second Edition
genres: Anthropology, Theatre, Reference, Philosophy, Education, Nonfiction, School, Art, Sociology, Textbooks
ratings_count: 165
publisher: Routledge