The Performance Studies: One Conception, Several Approaches
https://doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2016-13-6-726-735
Abstract
The article aims to bring the performance studies - one of modern directions of the humanities - to the attention of Russian researchers. Our world is the world of sound, movement, and gesture, as much as it is visual. The article deals with the performance studies as a distinct field of knowledge in the humanities and social sciences. This conception is still difficult to translate ade quately in Russian. The authors consider various transla tions of the English terms “performance” and “performance studies” into the Russian language. They also analyze va rious aspects of the “performativity” in culture, offer a brief glossary of the basic concepts, describe some analytical tools, and explore the culture of performance and its so cial functions. The article reviews recent literature in this area of anthropology, analyzes some of the works and se ries of monographs.
About the Authors
Svetlana I. Ryzhakova
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina E. Sirotkina
Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Review
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Ryzhakova S.I., Sirotkina I.E. The Performance Studies: One Conception, Several Approaches. Observatory of Culture. 2016;13(6):726-735. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2016-13-6-726-735
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