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The anthropology of performance : a reader

Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, c2013.

The Anthropology of Performance is an invaluable guide to this exciting and growing area. This cutting-edge volume on the major advancements in performance studies presents the theories, methods, and practices of performance in cultures around the globe. Leading anthropologists describe the range of human expression through performance and explore its role in constructing identity and community, as well as broader processes such as globalization and transnationalism.

Bibliographic Information


Format: Book
Subject: Anthropology
Performance
Publication Year:2013
Language:English
Published:Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, c2013.
ISBN:9781118323991
1118323998
Series:Wiley-Blackwell anthologies in social and cultural anthropology ; 16
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Performance in prehistory and antiquity -- pt. 2. Verbal genres of performance -- pt. 3. Ritual, drama, and public spectacle -- pt. 4. Performance and politics in the making of communities -- pt. 5. Tourist performances and the global ecumene.
Course: ACT103

Availability at HKSYU Library


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English Book (4/F) 301 ANT 2013 Available