Performance Studies Books

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The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing Cultural Memory in the Americas The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing Cultural Memory in the Americas (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.21 — 284 ratings — published 2003
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Performance Studies, An Introduction, Second Edition Performance Studies, An Introduction, Second Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 3.62 — 180 ratings — published 2002
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Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.40 — 943 ratings — published 1999
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The Empty Space The Empty Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,854 ratings — published 1968
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Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910 Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910 (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.15 — 54 ratings — published 2006
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Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.16 — 701 ratings — published 2002
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Unmarked: The Politics of Performance Unmarked: The Politics of Performance (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.10 — 136 ratings — published 1993
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Between Theater and Anthropology Between Theater and Anthropology (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.05 — 59 ratings — published 1985
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Performance Performance (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.11 — 141 ratings — published 2012
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A Director Prepares A Director Prepares (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,284 ratings — published 2001
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Theatre of the Oppressed Theatre of the Oppressed (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,564 ratings — published 1977
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Performance Theory (Routledge Classics) Performance Theory (Routledge Classics)
by (shelved 5 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.16 — 171 ratings — published 1988
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Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,871 ratings — published 2009
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,545 ratings — published 1959
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From Ritual to Theatre: The Human Seriousness of Play (Performance Studies) From Ritual to Theatre: The Human Seriousness of Play (Performance Studies)
by (shelved 4 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 3.87 — 203 ratings — published 1982
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Environmental Theater (Applause Books) Environmental Theater (Applause Books)
by (shelved 4 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 3.95 — 42 ratings — published 1973
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The Anthropology of Performance The Anthropology of Performance (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 3.79 — 115 ratings — published 1993
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Towards a Poor Theatre Towards a Poor Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,479 ratings — published 1968
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The Theater and Its Double The Theater and Its Double (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,768 ratings — published 1938
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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.05 — 19,352 ratings — published 1989
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Performance: A critical introduction Performance: A critical introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 3.68 — 101 ratings — published 1996
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Professing Performance: Theatre in the Academy from Philology to Performativity (Theatre and Performance Theory) Professing Performance: Theatre in the Academy from Philology to Performativity (Theatre and Performance Theory)
by (shelved 3 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 3.85 — 13 ratings — published 2004
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Black Performance Theory Black Performance Theory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.53 — 15 ratings — published 2014
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The Future of Ritual: Writings on Culture and Performance The Future of Ritual: Writings on Culture and Performance (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.13 — 23 ratings — published 1993
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Performing Remains: Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment Performing Remains: Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.37 — 67 ratings — published 2011
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Teaching Performance Studies (Theater in the Americas) Teaching Performance Studies (Theater in the Americas)
by (shelved 3 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published 2002
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Games for Actors and Non-Actors Games for Actors and Non-Actors (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.36 — 558 ratings — published 1975
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Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex" Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex" (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,735 ratings — published 1993
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Perform or Else Perform or Else (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 3.96 — 25 ratings — published 2001
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Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 3.77 — 91 ratings — published 1998
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By Means of Performance: Intercultural Studies Of Theatre And Ritual By Means of Performance: Intercultural Studies Of Theatre And Ritual (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.29 — 14 ratings — published 1990
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Performance Constellations: Networks of Protest and Activism in Latin America (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance) Performance Constellations: Networks of Protest and Activism in Latin America (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.60 — 5 ratings — published
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Dancing on Violent Ground: Utopia as Dispossession in Euro-American Theater Dance (Performance Works) Dancing on Violent Ground: Utopia as Dispossession in Euro-American Theater Dance (Performance Works)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published
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Theatre of the Unimpressed: In Search of Vital Drama Theatre of the Unimpressed: In Search of Vital Drama (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.27 — 385 ratings — published 2015
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Terpsichore in Sneakers: Post-Modern Dance Terpsichore in Sneakers: Post-Modern Dance (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.20 — 65 ratings — published 1980
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And Then, You Act: Making Art in an Unpredictable World And Then, You Act: Making Art in an Unpredictable World (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.38 — 407 ratings — published 2007
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The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.28 — 661 ratings — published 2004
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Exhausting Dance Exhausting Dance (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.25 — 59 ratings — published 2005
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Audience Participation: Essays on Inclusion in Performance (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies) Audience Participation: Essays on Inclusion in Performance (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2003
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Of the Presence of the Body: Essays on dance and Performance Theory Of the Presence of the Body: Essays on dance and Performance Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.05 — 22 ratings — published 2004
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The Ends of Performance (Cultural Front (Paperback)) The Ends of Performance (Cultural Front (Paperback))
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 3.94 — 18 ratings — published 1997
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Embodied Avatars: Genealogies of Black Feminist Art and Performance (Sexual Cultures, 5) Embodied Avatars: Genealogies of Black Feminist Art and Performance (Sexual Cultures, 5)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.24 — 41 ratings — published 2015
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Verbal Art As Performance Verbal Art As Performance (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 3.71 — 63 ratings — published 1984
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After the Party: A Manifesto for Queer of Color Life (Sexual Cultures, 4) After the Party: A Manifesto for Queer of Color Life (Sexual Cultures, 4)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.58 — 43 ratings — published
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Performing Queer Latinidad: Dance, Sexuality, Politics Performing Queer Latinidad: Dance, Sexuality, Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.12 — 24 ratings — published 2012
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Glorious catastrophe: Jack Smith, performance and visual culture (Rethinking Art's Histories) Glorious catastrophe: Jack Smith, performance and visual culture (Rethinking Art's Histories)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.60 — 5 ratings — published 2012
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Acts of Activism: Human Rights as Radical Performance (Theatre and Performance Theory) Acts of Activism: Human Rights as Radical Performance (Theatre and Performance Theory)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.50 — 10 ratings — published 2010
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Mourning Sex: Performing Public Memories Mourning Sex: Performing Public Memories (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.13 — 45 ratings — published 1997
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A Race So Different: Performance and Law in Asian America (Postmillennial Pop, 8) A Race So Different: Performance and Law in Asian America (Postmillennial Pop, 8)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 4.57 — 7 ratings — published 2013
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The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as performance-studies)
avg rating 3.97 — 802 ratings — published 1969
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