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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. "Performance, culture and identity" is based on the premise that artistic performance is epistemological, a way of knowing self, culture and other. The nine essays share a common interest in exploring how performance reveals, shapes, and sometimes transforms personal and cultural identity. The editors begin by examining the interdisciplinary roots of performance studies and their role in the field of communication. They draw on concepts from Victor Turner, Richard Schechner, Richard Bauman, Aristotle, Kenneth Burke, Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann, Barbara Myerhoff and others. They explain the power of performance to shape identity. Their introduction discusses the significant issues in performance studies that cut across many of the essays to follow, such as the politics of culture, cultural hegemony, the influence of a sense of place on cultural identity, and the moral dimension of performance. The first two studies explore the ritual nature of performance in two different cultural contexts: the sacred space of a church service and the secular space of a storytelling event.In both arenas, the performers act as "shamans", transporting the audience from their everyday lives to the "higher ground" of heroic and fantastic events. The next three essays discuss the notion of place and performance in various landscapes - the English countryside, the hills of Appalachia, and the farmland of the Midwest. In all three locations, the performers comment on the changes that have affected their identity with the land. The last four chapters focus on women as storytellers. In one, the contributors show how "spinstorying" creates a group identity which challenges the male-dominated discourse that tends to particularise, depreciate, regulate, and silence women's identity. Another chapter interprets a deceptively simple narration of a Galician women's "typical day". The next examines Hmong (Thai) storycloths as intercultural and dialogical performances. The last chapter explores identity and meaning in the storytelling of a woman in the last years of her life. They also discuss the power of performance to shape personal and cultural identity.The first two chapters explore the ritual nature of performance in two different cultural contexts: an African-American church service and an Appalachian storytelling event of the legendary Ray Hicks. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780275943059
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