| Author: | Diana Taylor | ISBN: | 9780822375128 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press | Publication: | December 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Duke University Press Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Diana Taylor |
| ISBN: | 9780822375128 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press |
| Publication: | December 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Duke University Press Books |
| Language: | English |
"Performance" has multiple and often overlapping meanings that signify a wide variety of social behaviors. In this invitation to reflect on the power of performance, Diana Taylor explores many of its uses and iterations: artistic, economic, sexual, political, and technological performance; the performance of everyday life; and the gendered, sexed, and racialized performance of bodies. This book performs its argument. Images and texts interact to show how performance is at once a creative act, a means to comprehend power, a method of transmitting memory and identity, and a way of understanding the world.
"Performance" has multiple and often overlapping meanings that signify a wide variety of social behaviors. In this invitation to reflect on the power of performance, Diana Taylor explores many of its uses and iterations: artistic, economic, sexual, political, and technological performance; the performance of everyday life; and the gendered, sexed, and racialized performance of bodies. This book performs its argument. Images and texts interact to show how performance is at once a creative act, a means to comprehend power, a method of transmitting memory and identity, and a way of understanding the world.
