EAN: 9781137604231

Bilder-Quelle: shopping24.de – Sport

This engaging text introduces the burgeoning and interdisciplinary field of cultural performance offering ethnographic approaches to performance as well as looking at the aesthetics of experience and performance theory. Examining cultural performance from anthropological geographical and corporeal standpoints this book offers many examples of the ways in which performance art and entertainment utilize cultural methods to deepen and enrich the practice. Featuring case studies from a rich cross-section of academics chapters explore performances from regions as far flung as Bhutan Ethiopia Ghana Indonesia Ireland New Zealand and the USA. With cultural performances as varied as Catholic rituals Maori ceremonies Monster Truck rallies musicals theatre and singing performances this fascinating text compares performance as art and performance as cultural expression. Core reading for introductory and interdisciplinary modules on performance this is also an ideal text for upper undergraduate and postgraduate students of performance visual arts cultural studies or ethnography.

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