Items related to Moving Subjects: Processional Performance in the Middle...

Moving Subjects: Processional Performance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (Ludus) - Softcover

 
9789042012554: Moving Subjects: Processional Performance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (Ludus)

Synopsis

Procession, arguably the most ubiquitous and versatile public performance mode until the seventeenth century, has received little scholarly or theoretical attention. Yet, this form of social behaviour has been so thoroughly naturalised in our accounts of western European history that it merited little comment as a cultural performance choice over many centuries until recently, when a generation of cultural historians using explanatory models from anthropology called attention to the processional mode as a privileged vehicle for articulation in its society. Their analyses, however, tended to focus on the issue of whether processions produced social harmony or reinforced social distinctions, potentially leading to conflict. While such questions are not ignored in this collection of essays, its primary purpose is to reflect upon salient theatrical aspects of processions that may help us understand how in the performance of "moving subjects" they accomplished their often transformative cultural work.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review

a richly detailed and thoughtful study in: "Speculum," Oct. 2004"

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherBrill Rodopi
  • Publication date2001
  • ISBN 10 9042012552
  • ISBN 13 9789042012554
  • BindingPaperback
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Number of pages274

Buy Used

Condition: Very Good
View this item

US$ 5.00 shipping within U.S.A.

Destination, rates & speeds

Search results for Moving Subjects: Processional Performance in the Middle...

Stock Image

Ashley, Kathleen and Wim Husken
Published by Rodopi, 2001
ISBN 10: 9042012552 ISBN 13: 9789042012554
Used Soft cover

Seller: Classics Books, Trenton, NJ, U.S.A.

Seller rating 2 out of 5 stars 2-star rating, Learn more about seller ratings

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # 006838

Contact seller

Buy Used

US$ 15.00
Convert currency
Shipping: US$ 5.00
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds

Quantity: 1 available

Add to basket