Concept information
Preferred term
performativity
Definition
- Performativity is a neologism used to describe how speech, gesture, and other social actions create identity by means of their performance. This identity is not a fixed reality occurring only within oneself, but is also created and made real by means of the social gesture. [Source: Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Encyclopedia; Performativity]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/performativity
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