Performance theory and performativity

Abstract

Oscar Wilde has variously been given credit for inventing postmodernity, celebrity culture (including, of course, the celebrity scandal and subsequent trial), queer theory, fashion journalism, and camp. Strangely, the claims only get grander from here. Wilde himself took credit for inventing Aubrey Beardsley, Tom Stoppard recently implied that Wilde invented Love, and in the 18 May 1998 issue of The New Yorker , Adam Gopnik claimed that Wilde “invented the talk show guest before there was a talk show to welcome him.” 1 These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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