Performativity and Performance (Essays from the English Institute)

Andrew Parker (Editor), Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0415910552 / ISBN 13: 9780415910552

Published by Routledge, 1995

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[ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: First ] Publisher: ý Routledge Pub Date: 12/24/1995 Binding: paperback Pages: 239 First edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Performativity and Performance (Essays from the English Institute)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415910552
• ISBN 13: 9780415910552
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

From the age of Aristotle to the age of AIDS, writers, thinkers, performers and activists have wresteled with what "performance" is all about. At the same moment, "performativity"--a new concept in language theory--has become a ubiquitous term in literary studies. This volume grapples with the nature of these two key terms whose traces can be found everywhere: in the theatre, in the streets, in philosophy, in questions of race and gender, and in the sentences we speak.

About the Author

Andrew Parker, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick