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The meaning of the circus : the communicative experience of cult, art, and awe /

"This book documents and discusses the meaning(s) of the creative process at play in the crafting and staging of circus acts. It highlights the experience of circus artists as their skills develop and mature into public performances that create aesthetic and emotional values in the modern econo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bouissac, Paul (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Prologue; Acknowledgments; 1 Like Moths Flying to a Candle in the Night; 2 Ritual and Sacrifice: The Circus between Cult and Art; 3 The Music Is the Message; 4 Flashback; 5 Great Expectations; 6 The Ethnography of Memory; 7 A Sense of Gravity; 8 To Laugh or Not to Laugh; 9 Lives under Siege; 10 Where Is Home? The Circus's Endless Odyssey; Epilogue; References; Index