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Record Nr.

UNINA9910481027403321

Titolo

Durkheim, the Durkheimians, and the arts / / edited by Alexander Riley, W.S.F. Pickering, and William Watts Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2013

ISBN

0-85745-918-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MillerWillie Watts

PickeringW. S. F

RileyAlexander

Disciplina

306.4/7

Soggetti

Art - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Durkheim, the Durkheimians, and the Arts; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction to Durkheim, the Durkheimians, and the Arts; Chapter 1 Total Aesthetics; Chapter 2 Durkheim, the Arts, and the Moral Sword; Chapter 3 Durkheim and Festivals ; Chapter 4 The Power of Imagination and the Economy of Desire ; Chapter 5 Dostoevsky in the Mirror of Durkheim ; Chapter 6 Durkheim, L'Année sociologique, and Art; Chapter 7 Marcel Mauss on Art and Aesthetics; Chapter 8 Too Marvelous for Words . . .; Chapter 9 Total Art ; Chapter 10 Sex, Death, the Other, and Art ; Chapter 11 Apophasis in Representation

Chapter 12 Acéphale/Parsifal Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Using a broad definition of the Durkheimian tradition, this book offers the first systematic attempt to explore the Durkheimians' engagement with art. It focuses on both Durkheim and his contemporaries as well as later thinkers influenced by his work. The first five chapters consider Durkheim's own exploration of art; the remaining six look at other Durkheimian thinkers, including Marcel Mauss, Henri Hubert, Maurice Halbwachs, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Michel Leiris, and Georges Bataille. The contributors-scholars from a range of theoretical orientations and disciplinary perspectives-are known for



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463328203321

Autore

Griffiths David

Titolo

The masquerades of Nigeria : and, Touch / / written and illustrated by David Griffiths

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, The Netherlands : , : Harwood Academic Publishers, , 1998

ISBN

1-135-30479-3

1-135-30480-7

0-203-98544-3

1-280-14959-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (90 p.)

Collana

Mask: a release of acting resources ; ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

GriffithsDavid

Disciplina

792.09669

822/.914

Soggetti

Masquerades - Nigeria

Masks

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; THE TOUCH TRILOGY; TOUCH

Sommario/riassunto

This work investigates the use of mask in the Masquerade traditions of West Africa, specifically Nigeria. The author argues in favour of a common language of mask performance and focuses on the work of Wole Soyinka. Also presented is the author's trilogy of plays, ""Touch"".