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Performance Studies
Performance studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that uses performance as a lens and a tool to study the world. The term ''performance'' is broad, and can include artistic and aesthetic performances like concerts, theatrical events, and performance art; sporting events; social, political and religious events like rituals, ceremonies, proclamations and public decisions; certain kinds of language use; and those components of identity which require someone to do, rather than just be, something. Performance studies draws from theories and methods of the performing arts, anthropology, sociology, literary theory, cultural studies, speech communication, and others. Performance studies tends to concentrate on a mix of research methods. The application of practice-led or practice-based research methods has become a widespread phenomenon not just in the anglophone world. As such research projects integrate established methods like literature research and oral history with perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Performance (other)
A performance, in performing arts, is generally an event in which a performer or group of performers behave in a particular way for another group of people. Performance may also refer to: Arts and media *Performance art, art work presented within a fine art context *Performing arts, in which artists use their voices or bodies for artistic expression Film and television * ''Performance'' (film), a 1970 film starring James Fox and Mick Jagger * ''Performance'' (TV series), British television series * ''A Late Quartet'', a 2012 film released in Australia under the name ''Performance'' * Performance Channel, a former UK cable and satellite channel Music * ''Performance'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the 1970 film, or the title song by Bernie Krause and Merry Clayton * ''Performance'' (Eloy album), 1983 * ''Performance'' (Marti Webb album), 1989 * ''Performance'' (Spacemen 3 album), 1988 * ''Performance'' (White Denim album) or the title song, 2018 * ''The Performanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Butler
Judith Pamela Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, queer theory, and literary theory. In 1993, Butler began teaching at the University of California, Berkeley, where they have served, beginning in 1998, as the Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory. They are also the Hannah Arendt Chair at the European Graduate School. Butler is best known for their books '' Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity'' (1990) and ''Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex'' (1993), in which they challenge conventional notions of gender and develop their theory of gender performativity. This theory has had a major influence on feminist and queer scholarship. Their work is often studied and debated in film studies courses emphasizing gender studies and performativity in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
