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By Means of Performance: Intercultural Studies of Theatre and Ritual

Hardcover • 1990

By Means of Performance: Intercultural Studies of Theatre and Ritual

By Richard Schechner

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About the book

The field of performance studies embraces performance behaviour of all kinds and in all contexts, from everyday life to high ceremony. This volume investigates a wide range of performance behaviour - dance, ritual, conflict situation, sports, storytelling and display behaviour - in a variety of circumstances and cultures. It considers such issues as the relationship between training and the finished performance; whether performance behaviour is universal or culturally specific; and the relations...Show more

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9780521339155

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1990

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By Means of Performance: Intercultural Studies of Theatre and Ritual

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Hardcover

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