Local acts : community-based performance in the United States /

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The author surveys community-based performance in the US from its roots to present-day popular culture. She describes performances and processes, and shows how ritualism reinforces community identification while aestheticism enables locals to transgress cultural norms.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cohen-Cruz, Jan, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2005.
Series:Rutgers series on the public life of the arts.
Subjects:
Community theater > United States.
Theater and society > United States.
Théâtre communautaire > États-Unis.
Théâtre et société > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > Stagecraft.
PERFORMING ARTS > General.
Community theater
Theater and society
Community theatre
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early antecedents
  • Motion of the ocean
  • Establishing the field
  • Between ritual and art
  • Criticism
  • Storytelling
  • Performance structures.

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