演劇学、人類学、哲学、文学、歴史学、地理学、社会学、政治学などの分野を越える「パフォーマンス理論」の古今の重要論考集成。全90点の論考には、21世紀の最新の進展まで、東アジアの視座も盛り込み、全体およびテーマ別の各巻に編者の解説を付す。This is a comprehensive collection of key writings on a subject which has come to permeate fields as diverse as theatre, comparative literature, philosophy, geography, history, English, science and technology studies, in what has been termed the transdisciplinary 'performative turn'. It includes perspectives from regions and disciplines less well-represented in performance theory up to now, including from East Asia and the Middle East, as well as from material sciences and engineering, physics, and education theory.