Aesthetics in performance :: formations of symbolic construction and experience /

"In various ways, the essays presented in this volume explore the structures and aesthetic possibilities of music, dance and dramatic representation in ritual and theatrical situations in a diversity of ethnographic contexts in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia." "Each essay enter...

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Other Authors: Hobart, Angela, Kapferer, Bruce
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2005.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"In various ways, the essays presented in this volume explore the structures and aesthetic possibilities of music, dance and dramatic representation in ritual and theatrical situations in a diversity of ethnographic contexts in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia." "Each essay enters into a discussion of the "logic" of aesthetic processes exploring their social and political and symbolic import. The aim is above all to explore the way artistic and aesthetic practices in performance produce and structure experience."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 239 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782382041
1782382046

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