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What should we call the study of the performing arts? Drama theatre andperformance each identify with a different tradition of thought and offerdifferent possibilities to the student or practitioner.This book examines the history and use of the terms Drama theatre andperformance and investigates the different philosophies politics languagesand institutions with which they are associated.Simon Shepherd and Mick WallisAnalyse attitudes to drama theatre and performance at different historicaljuncturesTrace a range of political interventions into the fieldsExplore and contextualise the institutionalisation of drama as a universitysubject then the emergence of performance as practice theory and academicdisciplineGuide readers through major approaches to drama theatre and performance fromtheatre history to theories of play and presenceDiscuss crucial terms such as action alienation catharsis characterempathy interculturalism mimesis presence or representation in a substantialkeywords section.Continually linking their analysis to wider cultural concerns the authors hereoffer the most wideranging and authoritative guide available to a vibrantfastmoving field and its hotly contested debates. «
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