Peggy Phelan
Encyclopedia
Peggy Phelan is an American feminist
scholar, one of the founders of Performance Studies International and was chair of New York University
's Department of Performance Studies
from 1993 to 1996. She is also the author of Unmarked (1993), Mourning Sex (1997) and Art and Feminism (2001)
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
scholar, one of the founders of Performance Studies International and was chair of New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
's Department of Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance studies have been growing as an academic field since the 1960s. Performance studies believe in the social act of Doing as it takes performance itself as the object of inquiry.The process of defining it becomes a practice in performance studies itself...
from 1993 to 1996. She is also the author of Unmarked (1993), Mourning Sex (1997) and Art and Feminism (2001)