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Circus as Multimodal Discourse : Performance, Meaning, and Ritual.

This volume presents a theory of the circus as a secular ritual and introduces a method to analyze its performances as multimodal discourse. The book?s fifteen chapters cover the range of circus specialties (magic, domestic and wild animal training, acrobatics, and clowning) and provide examples to...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bouissac, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This volume presents a theory of the circus as a secular ritual and introduces a method to analyze its performances as multimodal discourse. The book?s fifteen chapters cover the range of circus specialties (magic, domestic and wild animal training, acrobatics, and clowning) and provide examples to show how cultural meaning is produced, extended and amplified by circus performances. Bouissac is one of the world?s leading authorities on circus ethnography and semiotics and this work is grounded on research conducted over a 50 year span in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. It concludes w.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (225 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781441102614
1441102612
9781441135759
1441135758
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9781283706148