A Performance about Performance?

I was struck by the first few paragraphs of the Schechner introduction. In describing the book, Performance Studies: An Introduction, Schechner writes,

“This book embodies the values, theories, and practices of a certain field of scholarship as understood by one particular person in the seventh decade of his life. This person is a Jewish Hindu Buddhist atheist living in New York City, married, and the father of two children. He is a Professor of Performance Studies at New York University and the Editor of TDR: The Journal of Performance Studies….” (Schechner 1).

I found it interesting that he goes from discussing his book to himself, but stays in the third person. He switches after a couple of sentences and says, “Who I am is not irrelevant. I will be leading you on a journey. You ought to know a little about your guide” (Schechner 1). His use of first and second person here, along with what he is talking about, makes me wonder if he is taking a stab at creating a performance here as well. There is no material stage, but the piece of paper with the words on it. The characters/actors are the author, Schechner, and the reader, us. This may be a leap, but is he creating a performance in introducing Performance Studies to us?