By Means of Performance: Intercultural Studies Of Theatre And Ritual

Schechner, RIchard

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ISBN 10: 0521339154 ISBN 13: 9780521339155

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1990

Language: English

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By Means of Performance: Intercultural Studies Of Theatre And Ritual

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

1990

Language

English

ISBN 10

0521339154

ISBN 13

9780521339155

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Trade Paperback

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Used

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The field of performance studies covers all kinds of performance behavior in all contexts. This volume investigates performance behavior in a variety of circumstances and cultures. The contributors consider such issues as the relationship between training and the finished performance; whether performance behavior is universal or culturally specific; and the relationships among ritual and aesthetics, popular entertainment and religion, and sports and theater and dance.

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Contributors to this exhaustive study of performance behavior consider the relationships among training and the finished performance, ritual and aesthetics, popular entertainment and religion, sports and theater and dance.

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