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Host: USC, University Park
Organizers: Robert Rundquist
Description:
The goal of this conference is twofold: (1) to explore textual, social,
cultural, and political implications of drama, theatre, and performance
and (2) to explore theoretical and cultural deployment of the discourse of
drama, theatre, and performance.
We solicit papers in the following areas:
Critical Theory and Performance Dramatic Literature Ethnic Drama Dramatic Theory History of Theatre Theatre as Social Space Dramatic Performance Cultural Performance Political Performance Site-Specific Performance Los Angeles Theatre and Performance Textual Performance Bodily Performance Performativity Theatricality Gesture Ritual Dance Music
"Room" can be both an enclosed space and an in-between space. In the first sense of the word, disciplines and terms have traditionally resided in enclosed domains of marked meaning: drama as the textual/linguistic organization around certain conventions of story-telling and representation, theatre as the social space in which drama takes place, performance as the act of dramatic execution before an audience. However, these definitions or marked-off areas of meaning prove unstable as the terms easily reveal the room between these meanings, as in the second sense of the word. Just shifting the terms drama, theatre, and performance to dramatic, theatrical, and performative leads us past the previous formulations, reminding us of the latter's currency in various disciplines: literature, film, anthropology, linguistics, cultural studies among others. For the purpose of exploring these multiple valences of drama, theatre, and performance, the conference will provide a room for discussion on specific topics as well as room among these topics for negotiation and play.
Date received: November 16, 2000
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