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Chaudhuri, Una. "The Stage Lives of Animals: Zooesis and Performance." New York: Routledge, 2016.

1. Who described these events? What was their most common occupation? Why do you think considering their occupation and origin is important to our understanding of the events they describe? What did they think of as theatre?

2. Where did these events take place? What was their purpose? Was there a specif time for these events? What does the precision of the dates reflect? What type of stagecraft did these events required/were used by priests and kings? What effect were they looking to convey? (End of page 356-to 360 und 364 final $)

3. As performance scholars, theatre historians, we are constantly speculating about the religious, social, and political functions of past events, even more, we speculate about the form these events took. How does she conclude we, as scholars, should approach and examine these corporeal practices? p.371

4. What is Taylor position on using concepts such as theatre and performance to analyze pre-Conquest events? What are the shortcomings both terms entail? She mentions another term that we might use to think through these events, which one? How does using this term transform our thoughts of the events? What does Taylor demand the analysis of any theatrical form? p.356

5. What does the sacrifice of human animals reflected about Mexica's beliefs? (p.361-363) What other systems of belief do these sacrifices remind you of? In which ways did colonization transform these practices? p.369

6. Following Taylor, How does performance theory enable us to explore these events? She mentions four perspectives on pages 365 to 366. What is the difference with considering these as theatrical forms? shortcomings? Why does she affirm that these performances complicate the western concept of mimesis? p.367-368.

Taylor, Diana. “Scenes of Cognition: Performance and Conquest.” Theatre Journal (Washington, D.C.) 56.3 (2004): 353–372.

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