LEADER 02865nam 22006254a 450 001 9910451106403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-47429-6 010 $a1-281-15750-3 010 $a9786611157500 010 $a0-203-96930-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000409968 035 $a(EBL)308638 035 $a(OCoLC)476090221 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000257798 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11216796 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257798 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10253677 035 $a(PQKB)10182297 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC308638 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL308638 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10227224 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL115750 035 $a(OCoLC)437187649 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000409968 100 $a20040818d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTheatre, sacrifice, ritual$b[electronic resource] $eexploring forms of political theatre /$fErika Fischer-Lichte 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-27676-4 311 $a0-415-27675-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [271]-281) and indexes. 327 $aPrologue : 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. 330 $aIn 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 606 $aPageants 606 $aTheater 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPageants. 615 0$aTheater. 676 $a791 686 $a24.13$2bcl 700 $aFischer-Lichte$b Erika$0155832 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451106403321 996 $aTheatre, sacrifice, ritual$92244774 997 $aUNINA