The Performance of power : theatrical discourse and politics / edited by Sue-Ellen Case and Janelle Reinelt.

Recently in the field of theatre studies there has been an increasing amount of debate and dissonance regarding the borders of its territory, its methodologies, subject matter, and scholarly perspectives. The nature of this debate could be termed "political" and, in fact, concerns "th...

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Other Authors: Case, Sue-Ellen (Editor), Reinelt, Janelle G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1991.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Studies in theatre history and culture.
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Summary:Recently in the field of theatre studies there has been an increasing amount of debate and dissonance regarding the borders of its territory, its methodologies, subject matter, and scholarly perspectives. The nature of this debate could be termed "political" and, in fact, concerns "the performance of power"--The struggle over power relations embedded in texts, methodologies, and the academy itself. This striking new collection of nineteen divergent essays represents this performance of power and the way in which the recent convergence of new critical theories wit.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 284 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1587290340
9781587290343
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized