The first book in the new Performing Landscapes series, this original
new work harnesses Performance Studies' understanding of behaviours,
spaces and applied technologies to explore the culture of high places
across six continents. At the same time, it borrows extensively from the
critical frameworks associated with Mountain studies in order to examine
a selection of ritual, dramatic and performative responses to mountain
landscapes drawn from the last two millennia. The book offers the first
comprehensive examination of the ways in which mountains are represented
in dramatic literature; are exploited as sites for performance; and how
they themselves 'perform'. It will complement recent developments in
environmental performance and criticism, extending the reach of
Performance Studies into the interdisciplinary space of Mountain studies
and expanding understandings of behaviour, space and psychology in both
fields.