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Lost in Cultural Studies: Searching for an Exit in Drama/Theatre/Performance Studies
Cross-Cultural Studies
2010,
21(), pp.189-212
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2010.21..189
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2010.21..189
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature
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The purpose of this paper is to 1)examine the current state of cultural studies in Korea with a focus on recent discourses about its 'crisis' and 2)attempt to find some ways out of these dilemmas in drama/theatre/performance studies. As Raymond Williams redefined 'culture' as 'a whole way of life,' performance studies has expanded the boundary of 'performance' from traditional performing arts onto almost everything that can be studied and analyzed 'as' performance. Performance is not only the final product on display but a whole process that includes training, workshop, and rehearsal of culture. According to Richard Schechner, workshop and rehearsal are the most critical and creative 'liminal' phases that allow traditional knowledge and alternative challenges to coexist in conflict and intentionally delay the final decision by putting itself in a perpetual process. From this view, this essay attempts to find an―no matter how limited and temporary―answer to or a possible exit from political and theoretical aporias of cultural studies.
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