Gender Stories Chapter 7
3 Elements of a Performance
Setting (props, temporal aspects)
Audience (homogeneity/diversity, power dynamics, relationship between audience and performer)
Performer (script is informed by the culture, habiits, emotional and physical states)
2 Stages of a Performance
Anticipation (physical preparation (like choice in clothes), informed by an understanding of the setting and audience, negotiating levels of self-disclosure, acknowledging motivations and levels of investment)
Enactment (nonverbal communication, verbal communication)