Performance, embodiment, and cultural memory
By: edited by Colin Counsell and Roberta Mock.
Contributors: Counsell, Colin, 1956-; Mock, Roberta.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781443811200
Subjects: Performing arts -- Social aspects; Collective memory; Body language; Human body -- Symbolic aspects; Group identity; Performing arts -- Anthropological aspects; Performing arts -- Semiotics
Description: The subject of cultural memory, and of the body's role in its creation and dissemination, is central to current academic debate, particularly in relation to performance. The ten essays brought together in this book address this subject from a unique diversity of perspectives, focusing on a variety of topics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.