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Dixie-Land:TheU.S.SouthasaPerformative
Franchise
Whatistherelationshipbetweenperformance,economy,andtheU.S.South?
Tis-allthreearecharacterizedbywhatRichardSchechner,thepioneerofcon-
temporaryperformancestudiesinrelationtothesestudiescallstheuoverriding
andunderlying”1openness,necessaryinmakingacontexttranscultural.Open-
ness,orchance,orelse,whatphilosopherRogerCailloisreferstoasalea,2visi-
bleinthetransgressivewayinwhichthesoutherneconomy-andculture-have
beenoperatingfromtheir(common)beginningsthereforealsoestablishesplay,
ergoabsolutefreedom,ergolimitlessness,ergosubversiveness,ergoperformativi-
tyastheregion)schiefoperationaltenet.3Tistenetincessantlyreconfiguringthe
regiontransculturallyasthechainstoresofvarioussouthernperformancesthus
makestheU.S.Southgloballyagentiveasapeculiarafectivefranchisedistributing
Dixiesensationswhileavoidingtheinvestmentandliabilityofthe(cultural)chain.
Performance,thetermwhichchangedcontemporaryhumanitiesbeyondrec-
ognition,owesalot,ifnoteverything,tothe1960s-1980spostmodernr/evolu-
1
Schechner,Richard.PerformanceStudies.AnIntroduction.NewYork:Routledge2002:1.
2
Caillois,Roger.Man,Play,andGames.UniversityofIllinoisPress:Urbana:2000:17.
3
Tebriefdiscussionoftheperformancetheorywhichfollowsisanabbreviatedversionofthistheo-
rywhoseelaborationIpresentinmybookentitledDis/ReputedRegion.TranscodingtheU.S.South,
tobepublishedin2017.
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