Performance Analysis: An Introductory Coursebook

This revolutionary introductory performance studies coursebook brings together classic texts in critical theory and shows how these texts can be used in the analysis of performance. Themed sections place the reader: * decoding the sign * the politics of performance * the politics of gender and sexual identity * performing ethnicity * the performing body * the space of performance * audience and spectatorship * the borders of performance. Each reading is clearly introduced, making often complex critical texts accessible for students at an introductory level. The ideas explored within these readings are further clarified through innovative, carefully tested exercises and activities.