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The Future of Ritual Richard Schechner

The Future of Ritual By Richard Schechner

The Future of Ritual by Richard Schechner


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A brilliant examination of cultural expression and communal action, The Future of Ritual asks pertinent questions about art, theatre and the changing meaning of 'culture' in today's intercultural world.

The Future of Ritual Summary

The Future of Ritual: Writings on Culture and Performance by Richard Schechner

In The Future of Ritual, Richard Schechner explores the nature of ritualised behaviour and its relationship to performance and politics. A brilliant and uncontainable examination of cultural expression and communal action, The Future of Ritual asks pertinent questions about art, theatre and the changing meaning of 'culture' in today's intercultural world. An exciting new work by the author of Performance Theory.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments, A prefatory note, 1. Introduction: Jayaganesh and the avant-garde, 2. Playing, 3. The street is the stage, 4. Waehma: space, time, identity, and theatre at New Pascua, Arizona, 5. Striding through the cosmos: movement, belief, politics, and place in the Ramlila of Ramnagar, 6. Wayang kulit in the colonial margin, 7. The future of ritual, References, Index

Additional information

NPB9780415046909
9780415046909
0415046904
The Future of Ritual: Writings on Culture and Performance by Richard Schechner
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1995-11-02
296
N/A
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