Circus and culture : a semiotic approach

Author(s)

• Bouissac, Paul

Bibliographic Information

Circus and culture : a semiotic approach

Paul Bouissac

（Advances in semiotics）

Indiana University Press, c1976

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Circus and culture
• The circus as multimedia language
• Structure and meaning of acrobatic acts
• The performing horse
• On jugglers and magicians
• Poetics in the lion's den
• Circus performance as ritual
• Equine exhibitions as poetic discourse
• Clown performances as metacultural texts
• The semiotics of the circus poster

Details

• NCID: BA14344894
• ISBN:
  • 0253313546
• LCCN: 75028912
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bloomington
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 206 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GV1801
  • DC : 791.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Circus -- Addresses, essays, lectures
  • LCSH : Semiotics -- Addresses, essays, lectures
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00116472