Problematizing Performance

Authors

  • Edward L. Schieffelin Professor Emérito da University College London

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8034.2018v20n1p207

Abstract

This is a short critical revision by Edward Schieffelin – author of the ethnography The Sorrow of the Lonely and the Burning of the Dancers (1976) – on the conexions between the performance perspective and social sciences theories. The author’s argument concentrates on the problems of the assumption of a single performer/audience relation in the Western way, something that undermines the diversity of interactional forms which, in turn, constructs equally diverse relations between “enactment” and reality.

Author Biography

Edward L. Schieffelin, Professor Emérito da University College London

Edward Schieffelin é atualmente Leitor Emérito no Departamente de Antropologia da Universty College London. Edward realizou suas pesquisas em antropologia histórica e cultura, além de antropologia médica e simbólica tendo feito seu trabalho de campo entre os Kaluli da Papua Nova Guiné principalmente nas décadas de 60 e 70.

Published

2018-10-01

How to Cite

SCHIEFFELIN, Edward L. Problematizing Performance. Ilha Revista de Antropologia, Florianópolis, v. 20, n. 1, p. 207–228, 2018. DOI: 10.5007/2175-8034.2018v20n1p207. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ilha/article/view/2175-8034.2018v20n1p207. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

Section

Translation