Circus as multimodal discourse : performance, meaning and ritual /: performance, meaning and ritual. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Bouissac.
• Other Names: Bouissac, Paul
• Contents: Introduction, 'Playing with Fire'1. Circus performances as rituals: participative ethnography2. The 'textility' of circus acts: disentangling cognition and pleasure3. Magic in the ring4. Horses which speak, count, and laugh5. Steeds and symbols: multimodal metaphors6. The staging of actions: heroes, anti-heroes, and animal actors7.Circus animals as symbols, actors, and persons8. Dancing with tigers, lying with lions: translating biology into art 9. Clowns at work: a socio-critical discourse 10. The imaginary circus11. Ideology and Politics in the Circus Ring12. The post-animal circusConclusionReferencesIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Subjects: 791.3014; Circus; Performing arts -- Semiotics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441135759; 1441135758
• Related ISBNs: 9781472569479
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