Performance Theories in Education : Power, Pedagogy, and the Politics of Identity

Performance Theories in Education: Power, Pedagogy, and the Politics of Identity breaks new ground by presenting a range of approaches to understanding the role, function, impact, and presence of performance in education. It is a definitive contribution to a beginning dialogue on how performance, as a theoretical and pragmatic lens, can be used to view the processes, procedures, and politics of education. The conceptual framework of the volume is the editors' argument that performance and performativity help to locate and describe repetitive actions plotted within grids of power relationships and social norms that comprise the context of education and schooling. The book brings together performance studies and education researchers, teachers, and scholars to investigate such topics as: \*the relationship between performance and performativity in pedagogical practice; \*the nature and impact of performing identities in varying contexts; \*cultural and community configurations that fall under the umbrella of teaching, education, and schooling; and \*the hot button issues of educational policies and reform as performances. With the aim of developing a clearer understanding of the effect, affect, and role of performance in education, the volume provides a crucial starting point for discourse among theorists and teacher practitioners who are interested in understanding and acknowledging the politics of performance and the practices of performative social identities that always and already intervene in the educational endeavor. Performance Theories In Education: Power, Pedagogy, And The Politics Of Identity Breaks New Ground By Presenting A Range Of Approaches To Understanding The Role, Function, Impact, And Presence Of Performance In Education. It Is A Definitive Contribution To A Beginning Dialogue On How Performance, As A Theoretical And Pragmatic Lens, Can Be Used To View The Processes, Procedures, And Politics Of Education. The Conceptual Framework Of The Volume Is The Editors' Argument That Performance And Performativity Help To Locate And Describe Repetitive Actions Plotted Within Grids Of Power Relationships And Social Norms That Comprise The Context Of Education And Schooling.. With The Aim Of Developing A Clearer Understanding Of The Effect, Affect, And Role Of Performance In Education, This Volume Provides A Crucial Starting Point For Discourse Among Theorists And Teacher Practitioners Who Are Interested In Understanding And Acknowledging The Politics To Performance And The Practices Of Performative Social Identities That Always And Already Intervene In The Educational Endeavor.--book Jacket. Introduction: Performance In Education / Bryant K. Alexander ... [et Al.] -- Part I: Performance And Performativity In Pedagogical Practice -- Teaching Is Performance: Reconceptualizing A Problematic Metaphor / Elyse Lamm Pineau -- Critically Analyzing Pedagogical Interactions As Performance / Bryant K. Alexander -- Exposing The Pedagogical Body: Protocols And Tactics / Judith Hamera -- Bodily Excess And The Desire For Absence: Whiteness And The Making Of (raced) Educational Subjectivities / John T. Warren -- Part Ii: Performance, Power, And The Politics Of Identity -- Performing School In The Shadow Of Imperialism: A Hybrid (coyote) Interpretation / Bernardo P. Gallegos -- When Public Performances Go Awry: Reading The Dynamics Of Diversity Through Power, Pedagogy, And Protest On Campus / Denise Taliaferro Bazile -- Constructing Gay Performances: Regulating Gay Youth In A Gay Friendly High School / Glenda Aleman -- Playing The Game Versus Selling Out: Chicanas And Chicanos Relationship To Whitesteam Schools / Luis Urrieta, Jr. -- Part Iii: Policy, Ritual, And Textual Performances -- Performing School Reform In The Age Of The Political Spectacle / Gary L. Anderson -- Performance Theory And Critical Ethnography: Studying Chicano And Mesquaki Youth / Douglas E. Foley -- Scientists As Scriptwriters: A Study Of Educational Researchers' Influence On Educational Decision Making / Robert Donmoyer. Edited By Bryant K. Alexander, Gary L. Anderson, Bernardo P. Gallegos ; [with A Foreword By Peter Mclaren]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents......Page 6 Contributors......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 14 Foreword......Page 16 1 Introduction: Performance in Education......Page 22 PART I: PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMATIVITY IN PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE......Page 34 2 Teaching Is Performance: Reconceptualizing a Problematic Metaphor......Page 36 3 Critically Analyzing Pedagogical Interactions as Performance......Page 62 4 Exposing the Pedagogical Body: Protocols and Tactics......Page 84 5 Bodily Excess and the Desire for Absence: Whiteness and the Making of (Raced) Educational Subjectivities......Page 104 PART II: PERFORMANCE, POWER, AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY......Page 126 6 Performing School in the Shadow of Imperialism: A Hybrid (Coyote) Interpretation......Page 128 7 When Public Performances Go Awry: Reading the Dynamics of Diversity Through Power, Pedagogy, and Protest on Campus......Page 148 8 Constructing Gay Performances: Regulating Gay Youth in a "Gay Friendly" High School......Page 170 9 "Playing the Game" Versus "Selling Out": Chicanas and Chicanos Relationship to Whitestream Schools......Page 194 PART III: POLICY, RITUAL, AND TEXTUAL PERFORMANCES......Page 218 10 Performing School Reform in the Age of the Political Spectacle......Page 220 11 Performance Theory and Critical Ethnography: Studying Chicano and Mesquaki Youth......Page 242 12 Scientists as Scriptwriters: A Study of Educational Researchers' Influence on Educational Decision Making......Page 260 B......Page 284 E......Page 285 I-J......Page 286 N......Page 287 T......Page 288 Y-Z......Page 289 C......Page 290 E......Page 291 I......Page 292 O-P......Page 293 S......Page 294 Y......Page 295 Contents 6 Contributors 10 Acknowledgments 14 Foreword 16 1 Introduction: Performance in Education 22 PART I: PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMATIVITY IN PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE 34 2 Teaching Is Performance: Reconceptualizing a Problematic Metaphor 36 3 Critically Analyzing Pedagogical Interactions as Performance 62 4 Exposing the Pedagogical Body: Protocols and Tactics 84 5 Bodily Excess and the Desire for Absence: Whiteness and the Making of (Raced) Educational Subjectivities 104 PART II: PERFORMANCE, POWER, AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY 126 6 Performing School in the Shadow of Imperialism: A Hybrid (Coyote) Interpretation 128 7 When Public Performances Go Awry: Reading the Dynamics of Diversity Through Power, Pedagogy, and Protest on Campus 148 8 Constructing Gay Performances: Regulating Gay Youth in a "Gay Friendly" High School 170 9 "Playing the Game" Versus "Selling Out": Chicanas and Chicanos Relationship to Whitestream Schools 194 PART III: POLICY, RITUAL, AND TEXTUAL PERFORMANCES 218 10 Performing School Reform in the Age of the Political Spectacle 220 11 Performance Theory and Critical Ethnography: Studying Chicano and Mesquaki Youth 242 12 Scientists as Scriptwriters: A Study of Educational Researchers' Influence on Educational Decision Making 260 Author Index 284 A 284 B 284 C 285 D 285 E 285 F 286 G 286 H 286 I-J 286 K 287 L 287 M 287 N 287 O 288 P 288 Q 288 R 288 S 288 T 288 U 289 V 289 W 289 Y-Z 289 Subject Index 290 A 290 B 290 C 290 D 291 E 291 F 292 G 292 H 292 I 292 L 293 M 293 N 293 O-P 293 R 294 S 294 T 295 U-V 295 W 295 Y 295