Beschreibung:
Erika Fischer-Lichte is Professor of Theatre Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin and Chair of the Institute for Advanced Studies on "Interweaving Cultures in Performance" founded in 2008. Among her many publications are Global Ibsen. Performing Multiple Modernities (2010), The Transformative Power of Performance: A New Aesthetics (2008, German 2004), and Theatre, Sacrifice, Ritual. Exploring Forms of Political Theatre (2005).
Acknowledgements Preface Prologue: Is Everything Theatre? Part 1: Central Concepts for Theatre and Performance Research 1. The Concept of Theatre 2. The History of the Discipline 3. The Concept of Performance Part 2: Fields, Theories, and Methods 4. Performance Analysis 5. Theatre Historiography 6. Theorizing Theatre and Performance Part 3: Pushing Boundaries 7. Interweaving Cultures in Performance 8. Performing the Arts 9. Cultural Performances Epilogue: Is Everything Theatre? Bibliography
Erika Fischer-Lichte's introduction to the discipline of Theatre Studies is a strikingly authoritative and wide-ranging guide to the study of theatre in all of its forms. Its three-part structure moves from the first steps in starting to think about performance, through to the diverse and interrelated concerns required of higher-level study.