Archaeology of Performance

Theaters of Power, Community, and Politics

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Performances in the premodern communities shaped identities, created meanings, generated and maintained political control. But unlike other social scientists, archaeologists have not worked much with these concepts. Archaeology of Performance shows how the notions of theatricality and spectacle are as important economics and politics in understanding how ancient communities work. Without sacrificing conceptual rigor, the contributors draw on the wide-ranging literature on performance. Without sacrificing material evidence, they try to see how performance creates meaning and ideology. Drawing on evidence from societies large and small, Archaeology of Performance offers an important new ways of understanding ancient theaters of power.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2006-03-09
Mått164 x 236 x 28 mm
Vikt667 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieArchaeology in Society
Antal sidor352
FörlagAltaMira Press
ISBN9780759108769

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Arkeologi inom Historia och arkeologi
Antropologi inom Samhalle och politik

Part 1 PrologueChapter 2 Prologue: Behind the Scenes: Producing the PerformancePart 3 Act I: Concepts and ApproachesChapter 4 Scene 1: Overture: An Invitation to the Archaeological TheaterPart 5 Act II: Senses, Spectacle, and PerformanceChapter 6 Scene 2: "The Indians Were Much Given to Their Taquis": Drumming and Generative Categories in Ancient Andean Funerary ProcessionsChapter 7 Scene 3: The Spectacle of Daily Performance at ÇatalhöyükChapter 8 Scene 4: Representational Aesthetics and Political Subjectivity: The Spectacular in Urartian Images of PerformanceChapter 9 Scene 5: Impersonation, Dance, and the Problem of Spectacle among the Classic MayaPart 10 Act III: Public Performance of Power and CommunityChapter 11 Scene 6: Dancing Gods: Ritual, Performance, and Political Organization in the Prehistoric SouthwestChapter 12 Scene 7: Politics and Theatricality in Mayan SocietyChapter 13 Scene 8: Other Cuzcos: Replicated Theaters of Inka PowerChapter 14 Scene 9: Public Ceremonial Performance in Ancient Egypt: Exclusion and IntegrationChapter 15 Scene 10: Visible and Vocal: Sovereigns of the Early Merina (Madagascar) StateChapter 16 IndexChapter 17 About the Contributors

From the theatres of Inka power and ancient Egyptian ceremonies to Mayan spectacles and an Anatolian “festival of death and consumption,” this book is exemplary of a new and powerful archeology of performance. Using the tools of archeology, forensics, and performance theory, the authors of this collection lucidly explore theatre, the performative body, and ritual. What theyfind is not a “dead past” but rich repositories of living performances. Archeology of Performance is a must read for scholars in performance and the social sciences. Artists, too, will learn from this pioneering book.