The Anthropology of Performance - A Reader

Klappentext This cutting-edge volume on the major advancements in performance studies presents the theories, methods, and practices of performance in cultures around the globe. Prominent anthropologists outline the scope of performance studies across anthropology, folklore, art and religious studies, providing an invaluable guide in this exciting and growing area. The anthology focuses on the way in which performances, broadly construed as acting aesthetically on or off stage, figure in the anthropological study of culture. Drawing on a wide range of phenomena, and employing fascinating case studies, the volume successfully demonstrates how human beings communicate with one another - both verbally and non-verbally - through the use of stylized or expressive behavior. The Anthropology of Performance has been accessibly arranged into a number of thematic sets, and structured in a way that introduces new and advanced students to the task of studying and interpreting complex social, cultural, and political events from a performance perspective. It begins with a valuable theoretical introduction by the editor which contextualizes and frames the subsequent chapters. It is an indispensable volume in this interdisciplinary field for anthropologists, folklorists, sociologists, theatre studies specialists, and the interested general reader. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Frank J. Korom, Frank J. (Boston University Korom, Korom Frank J.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.02.2013
• EAN: 9781118323984
• ISBN: 978-1-118-32398-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious), Theatre Studies, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: sport and leisure, Social and cultural anthropology