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CULTURAL PERFORMANCE - KEVIN LANDIS SUZANNE MAC...

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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