Ritual, Performance and Media are significant areas of study which are essential to anthropology and are often surprisingly overlooked. This book brings a more anthropological perspective to debates about media consumption, performativity and the characteristics of spectacle which have transformed cultural studies over the past decade.
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1st edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: x, 233 p.: ill. Summary: How can media and performance studies take a place in the discipline of anthropology? IRitual, Performance, Mediademonstrates how individual inventiveness makes society a process of dynamic interaction between creativity and convention. Human beings perform their roles in accordance with the context of the situation--be it in theater, dance, or rites such as spirit invocation or pilgrimages--yet continue to creatively devise ways of extending their engagement with the situation. Case studies of human behavior in relation to contexts in which reality is more than that of everyday routines shows how people continue to actively construct the world in which they live, for the purpose of personal satisfaction and social advantage. Notes: Based on papers first presented at the ASA Conference, held at the University of Wales, Swansea, in Mar. 1996. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru. Rites and ceremonies; Congresses. Performing arts; Congresses. Mass media; Congresses. Rites and ceremonies. Performing arts. Mass media. Culture. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 326540
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1st edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: x, 233 p.: ill. Summary: How can media and performance studies take a place in the discipline of anthropology? IRitual, Performance, Mediademonstrates how individual inventiveness makes society a process of dynamic interaction between creativity and convention. Human beings perform their roles in accordance with the context of the situation--be it in theater, dance, or rites such as spirit invocation or pilgrimages--yet continue to creatively devise ways of extending their engagement with the situation. Case studies of human behavior in relation to contexts in which reality is more than that of everyday routines shows how people continue to actively construct the world in which they live, for the purpose of personal satisfaction and social advantage. Notes: Based on papers first presented at the ASA Conference, held at the University of Wales, Swansea, in Mar. 1996. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru. Rites and ceremonies; Congresses. Performing arts; Congresses. Mass media; Congresses. Rites and ceremonies. Performing arts. Mass media. Culture. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations. Seller Inventory # 326540
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