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Ritual, religion, and theatre /

Volume 21 of Theatre Symposium presents essays that explore the intricate and vital relationships between theatre, religion, and ritual. Whether or not theatre arose from ritual and/or religion, from prehistory to the present there have been clear and vital connections among the three. Ritual, Relig...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Wallace, E. Bert (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Greensboro, NC : Tuscaloosa : Southeastern Theatre Conference ; The University of Alabama Press, 2013.
©2013
Series:Theatre symposium ; v. 21.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; Keynote Address: "The Blessed Assurance of Perhaps"
  • Tom F. Driver; Transferring Belief: The Stage Presence of the Spiritual Meme
  • Cohen Ambrose; Ritual Performance and Spirituality in the Work of The Living Theatre, Past and Present
  • David Callaghan; Top Brass: Theatricality, Themes, and Theology in James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones
  • Gregory S. Carr; Pretty's Got Me All Bent Out of Shape: Jordan Harrison's Act a Lady and the Ritual of Queerness
  • Matt DiCintio; Clash with the Vikings: Gerpla and the Struggle for National Identity in Iceland
  • Steve Earne.
  • Heaven and Earth: Confession as Performance in Hamlet and Measure for Measure
  • Jennifer FlahertyTreasure in Clay Jars: Christian Liturgical Dramain Theory and Praxis
  • Charles A. Gillespie, Justin Kosec, and Kate Stratton; Between Piety and Sacrilege: Muslim Theatre and Performance
  • Thomas King; Cave Rituals and the Brain's Theatre
  • Mark Pizzato; Excerpts from "The Book of My Awkward Perspective"
  • William Doan; Contributors.