Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION, ANDREW PARKER, EVE KOSOFSKY SEDGWICK; Chapter 1 THE UNHAPPY PERFORMATIVE, TIMOTHY GOULD; Chapter 2 CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE, JOSEPH ROACH; Chapter 3 WRITING THE ABSENT POTENTIAL, SANDRA L. RICHARDS; Chapter 4 TRAUMATIC AWAKENINGS, CATHY CARUTH; Chapter 5 KATHARSIS, ANDREW FORD; Chapter 6 THE PLAY OF CONSCIENCE, STEPHEN ORGEL; Chapter 7 THE SHUDDER CATHARSIS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY PERFORMANCE, ELIN DIAMOND; Chapter 8 PERFORMATIVITY AND SPATIAL DISTINCTION, CINDY PATTON; Chapter 9 BURNING ACTS, JUDITH BUTLER;

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Andrew Parker, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick