Erika Fischer-Lichte (Germany Free University of Berlin)

The Transformative Power of Performance

A New Aesthetics

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Produktbeschreibung

Traces the emergence of performance as 'an art event' in its own right. This translation of the original "A sthetik des Performativen" addresses key issues in performance art, experimental theatre and cultural performances to lay the ground for a fresh appreciation of the artistic event.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9780415458566
• ISBN-10: 0415458560
• Artikelnr.: 23408666

Autorenporträt

Erika Fischer-Lichte is Professor of Theatre Studies at the Freie Universitaet Berlin and Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies on the Interweaving of Theatre Cultures. She was President of the German Association for Theatre Studies (1991-1996) and of the International Federation for Theatre Research (1995-1999). Among her numerous publications are The Semiotics of Theatre (1992, in German 1983), The Show and the Gaze of Theatre (1997), History of European Drama and Theatre (2002, in German 1990), Theatre, Sacrifice, Ritual. Exploring Forms of Political Theatre (Routledge, 2005).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Transformative Power of Performance 2. Explaining Concepts:
Performativity and Performance 3. Shared Bodies, Shared Spaces: The Bodily
Co-Presence of Actors and Spectators 4. The Performative Generation of
Materiality 5. The Emergence of Meaning 6. The Performance as Event 7. The
Re-Enchantment of the World