Aesthetics in performance : formations of symbolic construction and experience /: formations of symbolic construction and experience. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Angela Hobart and Bruce Kapferer.
• Other Names: Hobart, Angela; Kapferer, Bruce
• Contents: Introduction : the aesthetics of symbolic construction and experience / Bruce Kapferer and Angela Hobart -- Making grown men weep / William O. Beeman -- The buzz of God and the click of delight / David Shulman -- Songs of love, images of memory / Saskia Kersenboom -- The Hindu temple and the aesthetics of the imaginary / Rohan Bastin -- Where divine horsemen ride : trance dancing in West Africa / Steven M. Friedson -- Sorcery and the beautiful : a discourse on the aesthetics of ritual / Bruce Kapferer -- Transformation and aesthetics in Balinese masked performances -- Rangda and Barong / Angela Hobart -- A concise reflection on the Brazilian carnival / Roberto DaMatta -- Bureaucratic logic, bureaucratic aesthetics : the opening event of Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day in Israel / Don Handelman -- Compassion for animals, indifference to humans : non- and misperceptions among circus audiences in 1970s Britain / Yoram S. Carmeli.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 239 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 111/.85; Aesthetics; Experience; Symbolism; Ritual; Performing arts -- Philosophy; Aesthetics; Experience; Performing arts -- Philosophy; Ritual; Symbolism; Darstellende Kunst; Erfahrung; Ritual; Symbol; Ästhetik; Darstellende Kunst; Erfahrung; Ritual; Symbol; Ästhetik; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics; Aufsatzsammlung; Aufsatzsammlung; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782382041; 1782382046
• Related ISBNs: 9781571815675; 1571815678; 9781845453152; 1845453158
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.