Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253) and index.
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PART ONE: A GENEALOGY Drama and Theatre as university subjects Drama and the literary tradition History, theatre, society The essence of drama Women, theatre and the ethics of the academy Performance, art and the avant garde The rise of Performance Studies Performance studies: some basic concepts Postmodernism and performance Recent mappings of drama-theatre-performance PART TWO: KEYWORDS action aleatory catharsis character, mask, person defamiliarisation and alienation embodiment empathy interculturalism kinaesthetics mimesis performativity presence and representation semiotics and phenomenology.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book examines the history and use of the terms 'Drama', 'theatre' and performance' and investigates the different philosophies, politics, languages and institutions with which they are associated. Analyse attitudes to drama, theatre and performance at different historical junctures. xplore and contextualise the institutionalisation of drama as a university subject, then the emergence of performance' as practice, theory and academic discipline. Discuss crucial terms such as action, alienation, catharsis, character, empathy, interculturalism, mimesis, presence or representation in a substantial 'keywords' section.