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Performativity / James Loxley.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New critical idiomPublication details: London : Routledge, c2007.Description: 185 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780415329262 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 401.41 22
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Contents:
From the performative to the speech act : J.L. Austin -- Philosophy and ordinary language : Austin and Cavell -- A general theory of speech acts : Searle -- Speech acts, fiction and deconstruction : Searle, Fish and Derrida -- Performativity, iterability and politics : Derrida and de Man -- Being performative : Butler -- Performativity and performance theory.
Review: "For students trying to make sense of the performativity and related concepts such as the speech act, 'ordinary language', and iterability, and for those seeking to understand the place of these ideas in contemporary performance theory, this guide will prove indispensable. Performativity offers not only path through challenging critical terrain, but a new understanding of just what is at stake in the exploration of this field."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-179) and index.

From the performative to the speech act : J.L. Austin -- Philosophy and ordinary language : Austin and Cavell -- A general theory of speech acts : Searle -- Speech acts, fiction and deconstruction : Searle, Fish and Derrida -- Performativity, iterability and politics : Derrida and de Man -- Being performative : Butler -- Performativity and performance theory.

"For students trying to make sense of the performativity and related concepts such as the speech act, 'ordinary language', and iterability, and for those seeking to understand the place of these ideas in contemporary performance theory, this guide will prove indispensable. Performativity offers not only path through challenging critical terrain, but a new understanding of just what is at stake in the exploration of this field."--Jacket.

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