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Autore: | Fischer-Lichte Erika |
Titolo: | Theatre, sacrifice, ritual [[electronic resource] ] : exploring forms of political theatre / / Erika Fischer-Lichte |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina: | 791 |
Soggetto topico: | Pageants |
Theater | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Classificazione: | 24.13 |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Theatre, sacrifice, ritual |
ISBN: | 1-134-47429-6 |
1-281-15750-3 | |
9786611157500 | |
0-203-96930-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910451106403321 |
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