The anthropology of performance : a reader

著者

• Korom, Frank J.

書誌事項

The anthropology of performance : a reader

edited by Frank J. Korom

（Blackwell anthologies in social and cultural anthropology, 16）

Wiley-Blackwell, an imprint of John Wiley & Sons, 2013

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The Anthropology of Performance is an invaluable guide to this exciting and growing area. This cutting-edge volume on the major advancements in performance studies presents the theories, methods, and practices of performance in cultures around the globe. Leading anthropologists describe the range of human expression through performance and explore its role in constructing identity and community, as well as broader processes such as globalization and transnationalism. Introduces new and advanced students to the task of studying and interpreting complex social, cultural, and political events from a performance perspective Presents performance as a convergent field of inquiry that bridges the humanities and social sciences, with a distinctive cross-cultural perspective in anthropology Demonstrates the range of human expression and meaning through performance in related fields of religious & ritual studies, folkloristics, theatre, language arts, and art & dance Explores the role of performance in constructing identity, community, and the broader processes of globalization and transnationalism Includes fascinating global case studies on a diverse range of phenomena Contributions from leading scholars examine verbal genres, ritual and drama, public spectacle, tourism, and the performances embedded in everyday selves, communities and nations

目次

Acknowledgments to Sources vii The Anthropology of Performance: An Introduction 1 Frank J. Korom Part I Performance in Prehistory and Antiquity 9 1 Singing the Rug: Patterned Textiles and the Origins of Indo-European Metrical Poetry 11 Anthony Tuck 2 Performance and Written Literature in Classical Greece: Envisaging Performance from Written Literature and Comparative Contexts 26 Rosalind Thomas Part II Verbal Genres of Performance 37 3 Playing the Dozens 39 Roger D. Abrahams 4 The La Have Island General Store: Sociability and Verbal Art in a Nova Scotia Community 49 Richard Bauman 5 Proverbs and the Ethnography of Speaking Folklore 61 E. Ojo Arewa and Alan Dundes 6 Gbaya Riddles in Changing Times 73 Philip A. Noss 7 Shadows of Song: Exploring Research and Performance Strategies in Yolngu Women's Crying-Songs 80 Fiona Magowan Part III Ritual, Drama, and Public Spectacle 95 8 Prayer as Person: The Performative Force in Navajo Prayer Acts 97 Sam D. Gill 9 Performance and the Cultural Construction of Reality 107 Edward L. Schieffelin 10 "He Should Have Worn a Sari": A "Failed" Performance of a Central Indian Oral Epic 124 Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger 11 Representing History: Performing the Columbian Exposition 133 Rosemarie K. Bank 12 The Palio of Siena: Performance and Process 150 Alice Pomponio Logan Part IV Performance and Politics in the Making of Communities 165 13 Poetry and Politics in a Transylvanian Village 167 Gail Kligman 14 The Matter of Talk: Political Performances in Bhatgaon 174 Donald Brenneis 15 Celebrating Cricket: The Symbolic Construction of Caribbean Politics 183 Frank E. Manning 16 Performing the Nation: China's Children as Little Red Pioneers 199 T.E. Woronov Part V Tourist Performances and the Global Ecumene 215 17 The Promise of Sonic Translation: Performing the Festive Sacred in Morocco 217 Deborah A. Kapchan 18 Ethnic Tourism in Hokkaido and the Shaping of Ainu Identity 234 Lisa Hiwasaki 19 What They Came With: Carnival and the Persistence of African Performance Aesthetics in the Diaspora 250 Esiaba Irobi 20 Global Breakdancing and the Intercultural Body 260 Halifu Osumare Further Readings 273 Index 287

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB11683052
• ISBN:
  • 9781118323984
  • 9781118323991
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Chichester
• ページ数/冊数: viii, 296 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA49628107