The place of performance in performance studies
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2-2020
Abstract
This essay calls attention to the value of conspicuous aesthetic performance in performance studies. It provides a review of past and current practice and offers suggestions for increasing both the practice of performance and publications about that practice. Further, it recognizes the labor of those devoted to conspicuous aesthetic performance. Ultimately, it argues for the centrality of conspicuous aesthetic performance in performance studies and works to galvanize a continued commitment, among those in performance studies, to performance practice.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Text and Performance Quarterly
First Page
49
Last Page
71
Recommended Citation
Shaffer, T. (2020). The place of performance in performance studies. Text and Performance Quarterly, 40 (1), 49-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/10462937.2020.1709742