The Anthropology of Performance / Blackwell Anthologies (ePub)

The Anthropology of Performance is an invaluable guide to
this exciting and growing area. This cutting-edge volume on
the major advancements in performance studies presents the
theories, methods, and practices of performance in cultures around
the globe. Leading anthropologists describe the range of human
expression through performance and explore its role in constructing
identity and community, as well as broader processes such as
globalization and transnationalism.

* Introduces new and advanced students to the task of studying
and interpreting complex social, cultural, and political events
from a performance perspective

* Presents performance as a convergent field of inquiry that
bridges the humanities and social sciences, with a distinctive
cross-cultural perspective in anthropology

* Demonstrates the range of human expression and meaning through
performance in related fields of religious & ritual studies,
folkloristics, theatre, language arts, and art & dance

* Explores the role of performance in constructing identity,
community, and the broader processes of globalization and
transnationalism

* Includes fascinating global case studies on a diverse range of
phenomena

* Contributions from leading scholars examine verbal genres,
ritual and drama, public spectacle, tourism, and the performances
embedded in everyday selves, communities and nations