Performance Studies

Performance Studies: An Introduction, 4th Edition, by Richard Schechner, is an introductory textbook providing an overview of the full range of performance.

The volume explores topics across the performing arts, popular entertainments, rituals, play and games, social media, and everyday life, as well as performances of the Paleolithic period.

Designed for undergraduate students at all levels and beginning graduate students in performance studies, the performing arts, and cultural studies, the textbook incorporates primary extracts, student activities, key biographies, and over 200 images of global performance.