Performance : an alphabet of performative writing / Ronald J. Pelias.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pelias, Ronald J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performing arts--Philosophy.

Performing arts.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Performance uses the alphabet as an organizational device to present a series of short pieces that approach performance from multiple perspectives and various compositional strategies. Pelias's essays, poetry, dialogue, personal narratives, quick speculations, and other literary genres explore the key themes in this field, encapsulating the essence of performance studies for the novice and providing food for thought for the expert. Its brief, evocative, and reflexive pieces introduce performative writing as a method of research for those in performance and many other fields"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents; Beginnings; A - Appreciation; B - Becoming; C - Concealment; D - Devising; E - Empathy; F - Figure; G - Generative; H - Holy; I - Imagination; J - Judgments; K - Knots; L - Language; M - Manifesto; N - Naming; O - Opening; P - Pledge; Q - Quality; R - Reflexivity; S - Seduction; T - Taking; U - Ubiquitous; V - Vulnerable; W - Watching; X - Xenophobia; Y - Yearning; Z - Zeitgeist; Addendum; Appendix; References; Author's Index; About the Author

Notes:

A. Appreciation -- B. Becoming -- C. Concealment -- D. Devising -- E. Empathy -- F. Figure -- G. Generative -- H. Holy -- I. Imagination -- J. Judgments -- K. Knots -- L. Language -- M. Manifesto -- N. Naming -- O. Opening -- P. Pledge -- Q. Quality -- R. Reflexivity -- S. Seduction -- T. Taking -- U. Ubiquitous -- V. Vulnerable -- W. Watching -- X. Xenophobia -- Y. Yearning -- Z. Zeitgeist.

First published 2014 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-42275-1

1-315-42276-X

1-315-42277-8

1-61132-288-X

9781315422770

OCLC:

870646812