This fully updated and revised fourth edition of Theory/Theatre is a unique and highly engaging introduction to cultural theory as it relates to theatre and performance. It is a comprehensive and accessible examination of current theoretical approaches, from semiotics and poststructuralism, through to cultural materialism, postcolonial studies, queer and feminist theories.
Key updates to the new edition include further perspectives and expanded content on:
- Technology, audience reception and liveness
- Further examinations of feminism, transgender and gender theory, as well as queer theory
- Disability studies
- Critical Race Theory
- Decolonisation
- Intersectionality
- Radical Phenomenology
Bringing contemporary voices and examples to light, author Mark Fortier introduces the ways in which established and emerging theories can interact with theatre and performance.
This is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of theatre and performance studies.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 Theatre, Body, Life and Language
Semiotics
Phenomenology
Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction
Cognitive Theory
Chapter 2 Subjectivity and Theatre
Psychoanalytic Theory
Gender Theories
Intersectionality
Reader-Response and Reception Theory
Chapter 3 World and Theatre
Materialist Theory
Postmodern Theory
Post-Colonial Theory
Critical Race Theory
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Mark Fortier is a Professor in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph, Canada. He is co-editor of Adaptations of Shakespeare (Routledge 2000) and his research interests include Shakespeare, the intersections of law and literature, and looking at how theory interacts with theatre studies.
Praise for Previous Editions.
"Fortier’s book is still extremely useful—authoritative, comprehensive, and evenhanded."
- CHOICE, R. Remshardt, University of Florida
'As an introduction to the question of theory for the student of theatre, it is excellent.'
- Christopher McCullough, MLR
