These essays by leading anthropologists, artists and performance theorists, explore performance behaviour in different social contexts. Editor(s): Schechner, Richard; Appel, Willa. Num Pages: 320 pages, 53 half-tones, 1 table, 22 line diagrams, bibliography. BIC Classification: AN; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522. . 1990. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: 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
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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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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