New Approaches to Theatre Studies and Performance Analysis : : Papers Presented at the Colston Symposium, Bristol, 21-23 March 1997 / / ed. by Günter Berghaus.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Adshead-Lansdale, Janet,; Afzal-Khan, Fawzia,; Beacham, Richard,; Bennett, Susan,; Gurr, Andrew,; Kapchan, Deborah A.,; Kaynar, Gad,; Myrsiades, Linda Suny,; Pavis, Patrice,; Pradier, Jean-Marie,; Schechner, Richard,; Shevtsova, Maria,; Siegel, Marcia B.,; Suvin, Darko,; Watson, Ian,; Wolford, Usa,
• HerausgeberIn: Berghaus, Günter,
• Place / Publishing House: Tübingen : : Max Niemeyer Verlag, , [2011]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Theatron : Studien zur Geschichte und Theorie der dramatischen Künste , 33
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.) :; 24 Abbildungen

Dieser Band enthält 16 Aufsätze, die ursprünglich für das 49. Colston Symposium in Bristol verfaßt und für diese Publikation vollständig überarbeitet wurden. Sie gewähren Einsichten in einige der Haupttendenzen innerhalb der Disziplin Theaterwissenschaft während der vergangenen Jahrzehnte und stellen zahlreiche methodologische Neuansätze vor, vor allem in den Bereichen Aufführungsanalyse, Rezeptionsanalyse, Interkulturalismus, soziokulturelle Analyse, Theateranthropologie, Tanz- und Bewegungsanalyse, computergestützte Rekonstruktion von Aufführungsstätten, Straßentheater, Guerillatheater, rituelles Theater, usw.

This volume gathers 16 papers originally written for the occasion of the 49th Colston Symposium, held in Bristol in 1997, and substantially revised for this publication. They reflect on some of the key developments in the discipline of Theatre Studies over the past fifty years and combine this with a discussion of new trends and approaches, especially in the fields of Performance Studies, reception analysis, interculturalism, sociocultural analysis, theatre anthropology, dance and movement analysis, computer-assisted reconstruction of performance venues, street theatre, guerilla theatre, ritual theatre, etc.

Table of Contents

I-X -- What Is »Performance Studies« Anyway? -- The Conditions of Reception in the Theatre: Psychological and Psychoanalytical Approaches -- On the Epistemology and Pragmatics of Intercultural Theatre Studies -- Sociocultural Performance Analysis -- Ethnoscenology: The Flesh is Spirit -- Intercultural Performance: Barter, Cultural Exchange and Reception -- Exchanging Lies and Creating Truths: Intentionality in Moroccan Marketplace Performance -- Desiring Methodology: Performing Postcolonial Theatre Anthropology in Pakistan -- Versatile Venues and the Displacement of the Globe -- Virtually There: Computer-assisted Reconstructions of Ancient Theatrical Spaces -- Audiences and Response-Programming Research and the Methodology of the Implied Spectator -- Watching Another, Viewing Theatre: Questions for Audience Reception and Cross-Cultural Performance -- Narratives and Metanarratives in Dance Analysis -- Using Lexicons for Performance Research: Three Duets -- Performance Analysis Through Field Research: The Guerrilla Theatre in Greece Under Nazi Occupation -- Methodological Issues in the Documentation and Analysis of Grotowski’s Art as Vehicle -- Notes on Contributors -- Index