Religion, theatre, and performance: acts of faith
The intersections of religion, politics, and performance form the loci of many of the most serious issues facing the world today, sites where some of the world' s most pressing and momentous events are contested and played out. That this circumstance warrants continued, thoughtful, and imaginat...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York [u.a.]
Routledge
2013
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| In: |
Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies (22)
Year: 2013 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Edition: | 1. issued in paperback |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies
22 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Ritual
/ Performativity (Cultural sciences)
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
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Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) |
| Summary: | The intersections of religion, politics, and performance form the loci of many of the most serious issues facing the world today, sites where some of the world' s most pressing and momentous events are contested and played out. That this circumstance warrants continued, thoughtful, and imaginative engagement from those within the fields of theatre and performance is one of the guiding principles of this volume. This collection features a diverse set of perspectives, written by some of the top scholars in the relevant fields, on the many |
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| Item Description: | 1. Introduction Lance Gharavi Part I: Religious Actors 2. Religion, Ritual, a Performance Ronald L. Grimes 3. Spiritual Logic from Ritual Bodies Donnalee Dox 4. Embodying the Disembodied: Hesychasm, Meditation, and Michael Chekhov' s Higher Ego R. Andrew White 5. Becoming-Lucid: Theatre and Tantra Anthony Kubiak 6. Jew Media: Performance and Technology for the 58th Century Henry Bial 7. Plain Speech Acts: Reading Quakerism with Theatre and Performance Studies Tamara Underiner Part II: Dramas and Theatres 8. The Religious Drama of Egypt' s Ali Ahmed Bakathir Marvin Carlson 9. A Transdiasporic Paradigm: the Afox Filhos de Gandhy Isis Costa McElroy 10. The Decline of Israeli Society as a Black Mass in the Theatre of Shmuel Hasfari Gad Kaynar 11. Return to Tradition: The Symbolist Legacy to the Present-Day Arts Daniel Gerould 12. Who is Rama? Richard Schechner Part III: Secularization and its Discontents 13. Feeling Secular Ann Pellegrini 14. About[/]Doing: Religion and Theatre in the |
| Physical Description: | 248 S., 229 x 152 mm |
| ISBN: | 0415710472 |