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Takeshi Inomata, Lawrence S. Coben - Archaeology of Performance, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

Del i serien Archaeology in Society

Archaeology of Performance

Theaters of Power, Community, and Politics

Av Takeshi Inomata, Lawrence S. Coben

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Beskrivning
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.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2006-03-03
  • Mått: 151 x 226 x 22 mm
  • Vikt: 544 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Archaeology in Society
  • Antal sidor: 352
  • Förlag: AltaMira Press
  • ISBN: 9780759108776
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Takeshi Inomata is an associate professor in anthropology at University of Arizona. Lawrence S. Coben is the director of Proyecto Inkallakta (Incallajta), a multidisciplinary project centered at the monumental Inka site of that name in central Bolivia.

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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.

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