From: Janet on Chp. 1 & 2

Chp. 1: The performance of culture
Anthropologist and Sociologist have observed performances made by other people and they analyze them. During the 1960's and the 1970's, the developing interest among anthropologists in social context and play encouraged an interest in analytical models drawn from theater and drama. Turners concept is defined not by the situation of its enactment or by its particular physical dynamics, but by its organizational structure. Richard Schechner's diagram of the flows between     
"social drama" and "aesthetic drama". Social drama works "in the world" and aesthetic drama works "on conciousness". Both Huizenga and Caillois see battles or contests as one central preoccupation of play. 
Chp.2: Performance in society
During the 1940's and 1950's, researchers in psychology and sociology became interested in role playing. Kenneth Burke has been referred to as a philosopher, semanticist, and a social psychologist. Framing is a concept of central importance in performance theory. Ostentation is very similar to framing. Other theorists have viewed social performance as much more value-inflected, positively, or negatively. Most recent philosophers have focused more on taking responsibility. Objects and actions in performance are neither totally "real" nor totally "illusory", but share aspects of each.