By Means of Performance: Intercultural Studies of Theatre and Ritual

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511607806

The field of performance studies embraces performance behaviour of all kinds and in all contexts, from everyday life to high ceremony. This volume investigates a wide range of performance behaviour - dance, ritual, conflict situation, sports, storytelling and display behaviour - in a variety of circumstances and cultures. It considers such issues as the relationship between training and the finished performance; whether performance behaviour is universal or culturally specific; and the relationships between ritual aesthetics, popular entertainment and religion, and sports and theatre and dance. The volume brings together essays from leading anthropologists, artists and performance theorists to provide a definitive introduction to the burgeoning field of performance studies. It will be of value to scholars, teachers and students of anthropology, theatre, folklore, semiotics and performance studies.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of figures
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Notes on contributors
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Concerning Victor Turner
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Introduction
pp 1-7
- By Richard Schechner, New York University, Willa Appel, Citizens' Housing and Planning Council, New York
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1 - Are there universals of performance in myth, ritual, and drama?
pp 8-18
- By Victor Turner, University of Manchester and Cornell University
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2 - Magnitudes of performance
pp 19-49
- By Victor Turner, University of Manchester and Cornell University
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3 - Liminality: a synthesis of subjective and objective experience
pp 50-81
- By Colin Turnbull, Banaras Hindu University
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4 - The Yaqui deer dance at Pascua Pueblo, Arizona
pp 82-95
- By Edith Turner, University of Virginia
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5 - A Yaqui point of view: on Yaqui ceremonies and anthropologists
pp 96-108
- By Anselmo Valencia, Heather Valencia, Rosamond B. Spicer, University of Chicago
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6 - Performance of precepts/precepts of performance: Hasidic celebrations of Purim in Brooklyn
pp 109-117
- By Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, New York University
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7 - The significance of performance for its audience: an analysis of three Sri Lankan rituals
pp 118-130
- By Ranjini Obeyesekere, University of California
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8 - What does it mean to “become the character”: power, presence, and transcendence in Asian in-body disciplines of practice
pp 131-148
- By Phillip B. Zarrilli, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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9 - Korean shamans: role playing through trance possession
pp 149-166
- By Du-Hyun Lee, Seoul National University
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10 - The practice of noh theatre
pp 167-193
- By Monica Bethe, Karen Brazell, Cornell University
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11 - The profanation of the sacred in circus clown performances
pp 194-207
- By Paul Bouissac, University of Toronto
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12 - Ethnographic notes on sacred and profane performance
pp 208-220
- By James L. Peacock, University of North Carolina
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13 - The spatial sense of the sacred in Spanish America and the American South and its tie with performance
pp 221-235
- By Miles Richardson, Louisiana State University
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14 - Space and context
pp 236-244
- By Yi-Fu Tuan, University of Minnesota
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15 - The transformation of consciousness in ritual performances: some thoughts and questions
pp 245-249
- By Barbara Myerhoff, University of Southern California
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16 - Universals of performance; or amortizing play
pp 250-272
- By Herbert Blau, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
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Appendix
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Bibliography
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of figures
pp ix-x

Notes on contributors
pp xi-xiv

Concerning Victor Turner
pp xv-xvi

Introduction
pp 1-7

1 - Are there universals of performance in myth, ritual, and drama?
pp 8-18

2 - Magnitudes of performance
pp 19-49

3 - Liminality: a synthesis of subjective and objective experience
pp 50-81

4 - The Yaqui deer dance at Pascua Pueblo, Arizona
pp 82-95

5 - A Yaqui point of view: on Yaqui ceremonies and anthropologists
pp 96-108

6 - Performance of precepts/precepts of performance: Hasidic celebrations of Purim in Brooklyn
pp 109-117

7 - The significance of performance for its audience: an analysis of three Sri Lankan rituals
pp 118-130

8 - What does it mean to “become the character”: power, presence, and transcendence in Asian in-body disciplines of practice
pp 131-148

9 - Korean shamans: role playing through trance possession
pp 149-166

10 - The practice of noh theatre
pp 167-193

11 - The profanation of the sacred in circus clown performances
pp 194-207

12 - Ethnographic notes on sacred and profane performance
pp 208-220

13 - The spatial sense of the sacred in Spanish America and the American South and its tie with performance
pp 221-235

14 - Space and context
pp 236-244

15 - The transformation of consciousness in ritual performances: some thoughts and questions
pp 245-249

16 - Universals of performance; or amortizing play
pp 250-272

Appendix
pp 273-274

Bibliography
pp 275-283

Index
pp 284-298

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