02865nam 22006254a 450 991045110640332120200520144314.01-134-47429-61-281-15750-397866111575000-203-96930-8(CKB)1000000000409968(EBL)308638(OCoLC)476090221(SSID)ssj0000257798(PQKBManifestationID)11216796(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257798(PQKBWorkID)10253677(PQKB)10182297(MiAaPQ)EBC308638(Au-PeEL)EBL308638(CaPaEBR)ebr10227224(CaONFJC)MIL115750(OCoLC)437187649(EXLCZ)99100000000040996820040818d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTheatre, sacrifice, ritual[electronic resource] exploring forms of political theatre /Erika Fischer-LichteLondon ;New York Routledge20051 online resource (302 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-27676-4 0-415-27675-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-281) and indexes.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.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 sucPageantsTheaterElectronic books.Pageants.Theater.79124.13bclFischer-Lichte Erika155832MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451106403321Theatre, sacrifice, ritual2244774UNINA