|  | Korom, Frank J.
The Anthropology of Performance
A Reader
Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
 Februar 2013
77,90 Euro
2013. 304 Seiten, Hardcover
ISBN 978-1-118-32398-4 - John Wiley & Sons
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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.
* Introduces new and advanced students to the task of studying and interpreting complex social, cultural, and political events from a performance perspective
* Presents performance as a convergent field of inquiry that bridges the humanities and social sciences, with a distinctive cross-cultural perspective in anthropology
* Demonstrates the range of human expression and meaning through performance in related fields of religious & ritual studies, folkloristics, theatre, language arts, and art & dance
* Explores the role of performance in constructing identity, community, and the broader processes of globalization and transnationalism
* Includes fascinating global case studies on a diverse range of phenomena
* Contributions from leading scholars examine verbal genres, ritual and drama, public spectacle, tourism, and the performances embedded in everyday selves, communities and nations
Aus dem Inhalt
Introduction
Toward an Anthropology of Performance
Frank J. Korom
I. Performance in Prehistory and Antiquity
1. "Singing the Rug: Patterned Textiles and the Origins of Indo-European Metrical Poetry
Anthony Tuck
2. Performance and Written Literature in Classical Greece
Rosalind Thomas
II. Verbal Genres of Performance
3. Playing the Dozens
Roger A. Abrahams
4. The La Have Island General Store: Sociability and Verbal Art in a Nova Scotia Community
R. Bauman
5. Proverbs and the Ethnography of Speaking
E. O. Arewa and A. Dundes
6. Gbaya Riddles in Changing Times
P. A. Noss
7. Shadows of Song: Exploring Research and Performance Strategies in Yolngu Women's Crying Songs
Fiona Magowan
III. Ritual, Drama, and Public Spectacle
8. Prayer as Person: The Performative Force in Navajo Prayer Acts
Sam D. Gill
9. Performance and the Cultural Construction of Reality
E. L. Schieffelin
10. He Should Have Worn a Sari
Joyce Flueckiger
11. Representing History: Performing the Columbian Exposition
R. K. Bank
12. The Palio of Siena: Performance and Process
A. P. Logan
IV. Performance and Politics in the Making of Communities
13. Poetry and Politics in a Transylvanian Village
G. Kligman
14. The Matter of Talk: Political Performance in Bhatgaon
D. Brenneis
15. Celebrating Cricket: The Symbolic Construction of Caribbean Politics
F. E. Manning
16. Performing the Nation: China's Children as Little Red Pioneers
T. W. Woronov
V. Tourist Performances and the Global Ecumene
17. The Promise of Sonic Translation: Performing the Festive Sacred in Morocco
Deborah Kapchan
18. Ethnic Tourism in Hokkaido and the Shaping of Ainu Identity
Lisa Hiwasaki
19. What They Came With: Carnival and the Persistence of African Performance Aesthetics in the Diaspora
Esiaba Irobi
20. Global Breakdancing and the Intercultural Body
Halifu Osumare
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