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Victor Turner and contemporary cultural performance /
Upon the 25th anniversary of his passing, this collection addresses the wide application of Victor Turner's thought to cultural performance in the early 21st century. From anthropology, sociology, and religious studies to performance, cultural, and media studies, Turner's ideas have had a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title page-Victor Turner and Contemporary Cultural Performance; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Part I-Performing Culture: Ritual, Drama, and Media; Ch 1-Toward a unified theory of cultural performance; Ch 2-The ritualization of performance (studies); Ch 3-Performing 'sorry business'; Ch 4-Liminality in media studies; Ch 5-Social drama in a mediatized world; Part II-Popular culture and rites of passage; Ch 6-Modern sports; Ch 7-Trance tribes and dance vibes; Ch 8-Backpacking as a contemporary rite of passage; Ch 9-Walking to hill end with Victor Turner.
- Part III-Contemporary Pilgrimage and CommunitasCh 10-Of ordeals and operas; Ch 11-'Shopping for a self'; Ch 12-Turner meets Ganghi; Ch 13-Dramas, fields, and 'appropriate education'; Part IV-Edith Turner; Ch 14-An interview with Edith Turner; Ch 15-Woman/women in 'the discourse of man'; Ch 16-Faith and social science; Ch 17-Challenging the boundaries of experience, performance, and consciousness; Contributor biographies; Select bibliography; Index.