{"product_id":"reading-contemporary-performance-paperback-softback","title":"Reading Contemporary Performance - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the nature of contemporary performance continues to expand into new forms, genres and media, it requires an increasingly diverse vocabulary. \u003ci\u003eReading Contemporary Performance\u003c\/i\u003e provides students, critics and creators with a rich understanding of the key terms and ideas that are central to any discussion of this evolving theatricality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecially commissioned entries from a wealth of contributors map out the many and varied ways of discussing performance in all of its forms – from theatrical and site-specific performances to live and New Media art. The book is divided into two sections:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcepts - Key terms and ideas arranged according to the five characteristic elements of performance art: time; space; action; performer; audience.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eMethodologies and Turning Points - The seminal theories and ways of reading performance, such as postmodernism, epic theatre, feminisms, happenings and animal studies. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eCase Studies – entries in both sections are accompanied by short studies of specific performances and events, demonstrating creative examples of the ideas and issues in question. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree different introductory essays provide multiple entry points into the discussion of contemporary performance, and cross-references for each entry also allow the plotting of one’s own pathway. \u003ci\u003eReading Contemporary Performance \u003c\/i\u003eis an invaluable guide, providing not just a solid set of familiarities, but an exploration and contextualisation of this broad and vital field. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45600697843950,"sku":"9780415624985","price":66.29,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415624985.jpg?v=1721476986","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/reading-contemporary-performance-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}