{"product_id":"the-transformative-power-of-performance-a-new-aesthetics-9780415458566","title":"The Transformative Power of Performance: A New Aesthetics","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Erika Fischer-Lichte traces the emergence of performance as 'an art event' in its own right. In setting performance art on an equal footing with the traditional art object, she heralds a new aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe peculiar mode of experience that a performance provokes - blurring distinctions between artist and audience, body and mind, art and life - is here framed as the breeding ground for a new way of understanding performing arts, and through them even wider social and cultural processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by Marvin Carlson, this translation of the original Ästhetik des Performativen addresses key issues in performance art, experimental theatre and cultural performances to lay the ground for a new appreciation of the artistic event.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erika Fischer-Lichte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415458566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eErika Fischer-Lichte\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Theatre Studies at the Freie Universitaet Berlin and Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies on the Interweaving of Theatre Cultures. She was President of the German Association for Theatre Studies (1991-1996) and of the International Federation for Theatre Research (1995-1999). Among her numerous publications are \u003cem\u003eThe Semiotics of Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e (1992, in German 1983), \u003cem\u003eThe Show and the Gaze of Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e (1997), \u003cem\u003eHistory of European Drama and Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e (2002, in German 1990), \u003cem\u003eTheatre, Sacrifice, Ritual. Exploring Forms of Political Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2005).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125824876659,"sku":"9.78042E+12","price":78.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_af228d30-b870-4992-ab3f-846bf1814a7a.jpg?v=1764766456","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-transformative-power-of-performance-a-new-aesthetics-9780415458566","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}