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Place and Performance in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China (Antiquity in Global Context) - Hardcover

Edited By Hans Beck , Griet Vankeerberghen

 
9781009390026: Place and Performance in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China (Antiquity in Global Context)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1009390023 ISBN 13: 9781009390026
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Examines the interplay of place and performance in antiquity, including gendered social space, urban places, frontier realms, and funerals.

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About the Author

This book examines the construction of space and place in early China and the ancient Mediterranean through the lens of performances conducted in specific locations. It highlights conceptions of place and performance, seeing both as crucial to the production of cultural meaning and communal cohesion, and as heavily dependent on the prevailing political culture. Whether urban or rural, global or local, central or fringe, public or private, real or imagined, theatrical or ritual, the places and performances highlighted serve to show both commonalities and differences between the ancient Mediterranean and early China. The range of places of comparison is also very diverse, including roads, gardens, neighbourhoods, hydraulic infrastructures, funerary performance, spectacles at court, and the everyday display of authority through clothing and fashion. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1009390023
ISBN 13 
9781009390026
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
448
Editor
Edited By Hans Beck Griet Vankeerberghen