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Action : anthropology in the company of Shakespeare

Paperback • 2004 • English

Action : anthropology in the company of Shakespeare

By Kirsten Hastrup

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About the book

Focusing on performing Shakespeare's plays, and on the player's use of and reflections upon time, space, plot, and acting, Kirsten Hastrup aims at a new understanding of action and motivation within any social setting. By listening to such experts of action as the players of Shakespeare, we achieve a comprehensive reappraisal of current notions of human agency. In the process, we are offered a set of methodological tools and analytical concepts that may enrich future anthropological analyses of ...Show more

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9788772897936

Publisher

Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

Action : anthropology in the company of Shakespeare

Format

Paperback

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