Analysing performance

Patrick Campbell is Principal Lecturer in English and Leader of the MA in Performing Arts at Middlesex University

• Introduction - interpretations and issues, Patrick Campbell.Part 1 Feminisms and performance: feminisms and theatres: canon fodder and cultural change, Lizbeth Goodman;bodies of knowledge: dance and feminist analysis, Alexandra Carter; gender as sign-system - the feminist spectator as subject, Elaine Aston; new perspectives - feminism and music, Sophie Fuller; feminism(s)/postmodernism(s) - MTV and alternate women's videos and performance art, E. Ann Kaplan. Part 2 Postmodernism, poststructuralism, politics and performance: postmodern performance, Stephen Connor; postmodern dance and the politics of resistance, Valerie A. Briginshaw; the politics of performance in a postmodern age, Baz Kershaw; reading difficulties; Sandra Kemp; psychoanalysis and the theatrical - analyzing performance, Elizabeth Wright. Part 3 Issues in performance: the challenge of "Binglish" - analyzing multi-cultural productions, Jatinder Verma; AIDS and live art, Lizbeth Goodman; does authenticity matter? the case for and against authenticity in the performing arts, Sarah Rubidge; "sexing the cherry" - high or low art? distinctions in performance, Lucy O'Brien; changing perspectives, Ruth Tompsett; bodies politic, proscribed and perverse: censorship and the performing arts, Patrick CampbellSelect bibliographyIndex