By Means of Performance
Subtitle: Intercultural Studies of Theatre and Ritual
Contributors: Richard Schechner (Editor); Willa Appel (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 25, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780521339155
Subjects: Anthropology; Theatre, drama; Turner, Victor Witter; Popular Culture - General; Archaeology / Anthropology; Social Science; Theater and society; Sociology; Rites and ceremonies; Anthropology - Cultural; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Social Science-Popular Culture - General; Theater and society Theater and society; Anthropology - General; Performing arts; Philosophy
First sentence: In this essay I will discuss what I think is a characteristic developmental relationship from ritual to theatre, and I will lay out the relationship of both to social drama.