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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449756603321

Autore

Alexander Bryant Keith

Titolo

Performance Theories in Education [[electronic resource] ] : Power, Pedagogy, and the Politics of Identity

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2004

ISBN

1-282-32269-9

9786612322693

1-4106-1159-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AndersonGary L

GallegosBernardo

Disciplina

370.11/5

370.115

Soggetti

Critical pedagogy

Performance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1 Introduction: Performance in Education; I Performance and Performativity in Pedagogical Practice; II Performance, Power, and the Politics of Identity; III Policy, Ritual, and Textual Performances

Sommario/riassunto

Performance Theories in Education: Power, Pedagogy, and the Politics of Identity breaks new ground by presenting a range of approaches to understanding the role, function, impact, and presence of performance in education. It is a definitive contribution to a beginning dialogue on how performance, as a theoretical and pragmatic lens, can be used to view the processes, procedures, and politics of education. The conceptual framework of the volume is the editors' argument that performance and performativity help to locate and describe repetitive actions plotted within grids of power relatio