The Embodiment of Authority - Perspectives on Performances

Performance is a forum for social action, embodied interaction and shared authority. Recently, as the various acts and agencies surrounding a performance have become the target of scholarly interest, the complex split between theory and practice has been challenged, as has the idea of a singular, disembodied authorial ownership of the socio-material meanings surrounding performance. The Embodiment of Authority approaches performance, issues of authority and negotiated knowledge production through multi-material research data and interdisciplinary methods.
The book discusses the relationship between authorial questions and performances via the following topics : shared authorities, ontologies of art work, diverse roles of rehearsals in the performance process, and embodied knowledge.