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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784958503321

Autore

Fischer-Lichte Erika

Titolo

Theatre, sacrifice, ritual [[electronic resource] ] : exploring forms of political theatre / / Erika Fischer-Lichte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-47429-6

1-281-15750-3

9786611157500

0-203-96930-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Classificazione

24.13

Disciplina

791

Soggetti

Pageants

Theater

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 (p. [271]-281) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue : Electra's transgressions -- Reconceptualizing theatre and ritual -- Re-inventing a people's theatre : Max Reinhardt's Theatre of the five thousand -- Re-inventing ritual : the Olympic Games -- Times of revolution, times of festival : the Soviet mass spectacles, 1917-1920 -- Producing the Volk community : the Thingspiel movement 1933-36 -- Towards the rebirth of a nation : American Zionist pageants 1932-1946 -- Bringing about a crisis -- The Bacchae : dismembering the text -- The rebirth of tragedy out of the chorus -- Epilogue : renouncing sacrifice.

Sommario/riassunto

In this fascinating volume, acclaimed theatre historian Erika Fischer-Lichte reflects on the role and meaning accorded to the theme of sacrifice in Western cultures as mirrored in particular fusions of theatre and ritual. Theatre, Sacrifice, Ritual presents a radical re-definition of ritual theatre through analysis of performances as diverse as:Max Reinhardt's new people's theatrethe mass spectacles of post-revolutionary RussiaAmerican Zionist pageantsthe Olympic Games.In offering both a performative and a semiotic analysis of suc