A cultural theory of social performance. The cultural pragmatics of symbolic action / with Jason Mast ; Social performance between ritual and strategy - Political power and performance. Performance and the challenge of power ; Social, political, cultural and performative ; Democratic power and political performance : Obama v. McCain ; A presidential performance, panned, or Obama as the last Enlightenment man ; Performing counter-power : the civil rights movement ; Performing terror on September 11 ; War and performance : Afghanistan and Iraq - Cultural power and performance. Intellectuals and public performance ; Iconic power and performativity : the role of the critic