Performance an alphabet of performative writing

Machine generated contents note: Beginnings A Appreciation B Becoming C Concealment Confessions Criticism D Devising Diminishment E Empathy Epigraphs F Figure G Generative H Holy I Imagination Insufficiency Investments J Judgments Justice K Knots L Language M Manifesto Memory N Naming O Opening Originality P Pledge Power Q Quality R Reflexivity Rehearsal S Seduction Sexuality Stink T Taking Truth U Ubiquitous V Vulnerable W Watching Writing X Xenophobia Y Yearning Z Zeitgeist Addendum Appendix A: Entries by Subject References Author Index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Beginnings A Appreciation B Becoming C Concealment Confessions Criticism D Devising Diminishment E Empathy Epigraphs F Figure G Generative H Holy I Imagination Insufficiency Investments J Judgments Justice K Knots L Language M Manifesto Memory N Naming O Opening Originality P Pledge Power Q Quality R Reflexivity Rehearsal S Seduction Sexuality Stink T Taking Truth U Ubiquitous V Vulnerable W Watching Writing X Xenophobia Y Yearning Z Zeitgeist Addendum Appendix A: Entries by Subject References Author Index.

"Performance uses the alphabet as an organizational device to present a series of short pieces that approach performance from multiple perspectives and various compositional strategies. Pelias's essays, poetry, dialogue, personal narratives, quick speculations, and other literary genres explore the key themes in this field, encapsulating the essence of performance studies for the novice and providing food for thought for the expert. Its brief, evocative, and reflexive pieces introduce performative writing as a method of research for those in performance and many other fields"--