Semiotics at the circus
By: by Paul Bouissac
Series: Semiotics, communication and cognition -- 3
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9783110218299; 9783110218305
Subjects: Performing arts; Audiences; Semiotics; Social aspects; Circus; Visual communication
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A semiotician at the circus; title: The production of circus space; title: The time of the circus. Cognitive and emotional dimensions of acrobatics and other circus acts; title: In what sense is a circus animal performing?; title: Horses, feathers: from tacit knowledge to circus metaphors; title: Circus and cycles; title: The pyramid and the wheel: the visual discourse of circus acrobatics; title: The logic of clown faces; title: Incident, accident, failure: life and death at the circus; title: There's no business like show business: the marketing of performance; title: The researcher as spectator: The pragmatics of circus performances; title: Conclusion: Circus in perspective.