Title: Public Performances
Description: "A deep and wide-ranging exploration of relationships among public performance genres and the underlying political motivations they share. Illustrating the connections among three themes--the political, carnivalesque, and ritualesque--this volume provides rich and comprehensive insight into public performance as an act of power assertion"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Holidays, Parades, Processions, Festivals, Political customs and rites, Political aspects, Annual Conference on Holidays, Ritual, Festival, Celebration and Public Display