Local acts community-based performance in the United States
Title:
Local acts community-based performance in the United States
Author:
Cohen-Cruz, Jan, 1950-
ISBN:
9780813537580
9780813535494
9780813535500
9781280360879
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Publication Information:
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 212 p.) : ill.
Series:
Rutgers series on the public life of the arts
Rutgers series on the public life of the arts.
Contents:
Early antecedents -- Motion of the ocean -- Establishing the field -- Between ritual and art -- Criticism -- Storytelling -- Performance structures.
Abstract:
The author surveys community-based performance in the US from its roots to present-day popular culture. She describes performances and processes, and shows how ritualism reinforces community identification while aestheticism enables locals to transgress cultural norms.
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