By Means of Performance: Intercultural Studies of Theatre and Ritual

by Richard Schechner (editor), Willa Appel (Editor)

The field of performance studies covers all kinds of performance behavior in all contexts. This volume investigates performance behavior in a variety of circumstances and cultures. The contributors consider such issues as the relationship between training and the finished performance; whether performance behavior is universal or culturally specific; and the relationships among ritual and aesthetics, popular entertainment and religion, and sports and theater and dance.

313 pages, ebook

First published May 25, 1990