AFFECTING PERFORMANCE
| Author | : Corinne Ann Kratz |
| Publisher | : Smithsonian Books (DC) |
| Total Pages | : 528 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015032832803 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis AFFECTING PERFORMANCE by : Corinne Ann Kratz
Download or read book AFFECTING PERFORMANCE written by Corinne Ann Kratz and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1994 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining symbolic interpretation, discourse analysis, semiotics, history, political economy, and gender studies, Corinne A. Kratz examines the power of ritual to produce social transformation and explores how children are made into adults through initiation rites. Taking girls' passage into womanhood as her topic, Kratz considers dramatic structure, costume, song, ritual space, and the discourse, rhetoric, and poetics of ceremonial performance.
