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Autore: | Hammer Anita |
Titolo: | Between play and prayer [[electronic resource] ] : the variety of theatricals in spiritual performance / / Anita Hammer |
Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Rodopi, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (425 p.) |
Disciplina: | 248 |
Soggetto topico: | Performing arts - Religious aspects |
Spirituality | |
Religion | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Preliminary Material -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Varieties of Spiritual performance and notions of truth -- Local spiritual performance on North Atlantic and South Pacific shores -- Dead man performing? Interactive, transpersonal and group dynamics in spiritualist performance -- Theatrical reflections on spiritual performance -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Between Play and Prayer launches Spiritual Performance as a term to cover all human performance which in some way refers to creating the presence of beings or entities from a realm that transgresses the sensorial. This notion covers a great variety of performative genres, ranging from funerary services, spiritualist performances of deceased souls, to spiritual readings. This broad and deep approach to a range of performances is answering a renewed craving for spirituality in contemporary culture. By way of performance theory and aesthetic theory, concepts of faith , belief , experience , play , prayer and theatricality , are set in motion when proposing the necessity of experiencing such performances on their own terms. In depth descriptions of a variety of performances in Norwegian and New Zealand local contexts show the necessity of experiencing and understanding an existential quality in Spiritual Performance . Faith , not credo , is at the heart of spiritual practice. The book represents a new, innovative and trans-disciplinary approach to spirituality in performance. The reading of this book is a must for scholars in the field of theatre- and performance studies, ritual and festival studies, for scholars of religion, and anyone interested in the understanding of spiritual practices. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Between play and prayer |
ISBN: | 1-282-91687-4 |
9786612916878 | |
90-420-3171-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910822327803321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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