Performativity and Performance

'From the age of Aristotle to the age of AIDS, writers, thinkers, performers and activists have wrestled with what "performance" is all about. Suddenly, theatre studies has transformed itself from the study of plays to the study of performance. At the same moment, "performativity"—a new concept in language theory—has become a ubiquitous term in literary studies.

This volume of new work, by leading scholars in a wide range of fields, grapples with the nature of these two key terms, whose traces can be found everywhere: in the theatre, in the streets, in philosophy, in issues of race and gender, and in the sentences we speak.' - excerpts from back cover page

Access level

Onsite

publisher

Routledge (London, United Kingdom)

editor

Eve KOSOFSKY SEDGWICK,

Andrew PARKER

Location code

REF.PAA8

Language

English

Keyword

performance studies, cultural studies

Publication/Creation date

1995

No of pages

239

ISBN / ISSN

9780415910552

No of copies

Content type

anthology

Chapter headings

Introduction: Performativity and Performance - Andrew PARKER, Eve KOSOFSKY SEDGWICK

The Unhappy Performative - Timothy GOULD

Culture and Performance in the Circum-Atlantic World - Joseph ROACH

Writing the Absent Potential: Drama, Performance, and the Canon of African-American Literature - Sandra L. RICHARDS

Traumatic Awakenings - Cathy CARUTH

Katharsis: The Ancient Problem - Andrew FORD

The Play of Conscience - Stephen ORGEL

The Shudder of Catharsis in Twentieth-Century Performance - Elin DIAMOND

Performativity and Spatial Distinction: The End of AIDS Epidemiology - Cindy PATTON

Burning Acts—Injurious Speech - Judith BUTLER

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Performance Art