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Performance: A Critical Introduction

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Performance: A Critical Introduction

By Marvin A. Carlson

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About the book

Since its original publication in 1996, Marvin Carlson's Performance: A Critical Introduction has remained the definitive guide to understanding performance as a theatrical activity. It is an unparalleled exploration of the myriad ways in which performance has been interpreted, its importance to disciplines from anthropology to linguistics, and how it underpins essential concepts of human society. In this comprehensively revised and updated third edition, Carlson tackles the pressing themes and ...Show more

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9781138281684

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2017

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1

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Performance: A Critical Introduction

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Paperback

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