Performance in Popular Culture reveals the intricate relationship between performance and popular culture by exploring how theatrical conventions and dramaturgical tropes have informed the way the social is constructed for popular consumption.

Staged as a series of case studies, this book considers the diverse ways the social is imagined and produced in live and mediated performances, in images and texts, in interactive experiences and in cultural institutions. By looking at performance in popular culture, the world we live in becomes more visible, open to investigation and (perhaps) to change. Performance in Popular Culture engages a wide range of disciplines and theoretical frameworks: performance, theatre and cultural studies; comparative literature and media studies; gender and sexuality, critical race and post-colonial theories.

Designed for accessibility at an undergraduate level, the case studies make use of visual materials, moving images and texts that are readily available to lecturers and students, to scholars and to the general public.

About the Author

Sharon Mazer is Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies in Te Ara Poutama, the Faculty of Maori and Indigenous Development, at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.

Reviews

'The book's eight parts each consist of three case studies. This approach gives a width and breadth to the work that makes the book both enjoyable for the reader but also useful for student, teacher or researcher. [...] Mazer presents a successful and engaging series of case studies across various performing modes. Her cases studies including many overlapping examples of performance, performance in popular culture, and performance studies. Teachers of any class that might cover any of the topics covered will find this material useful and engaging, as would a broader academic and general readership.' - Jerry Jaffe in Australasian Drama Studies, Vol. 84

Book Information
ISBN 9781032036489
Author Sharon Mazer
Format Hardback
Page Count 268
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 800g