{"product_id":"aesthetics-in-performance-formations-of-symbolic-construction-and-experience-9781571815675","title":"Aesthetics in Performance: Formations of Symbolic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIn various ways, the essays presented in this volume explore the structures and aesthetic possibilities of music, dance and dramatic representation in ritual and theatrical situations in a diversity of ethnographic contexts in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. Each essay enters into a discussion of the “logic” of aesthetic processes exploring their social and political and symbolic import. The aim is above all to explore the way artistic and aesthetic practices in performance produce and structure experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“There is much to recommend in this volume…a fascinating array of cases …an excellent job [by the editors] of introducing the main issues…many of the essays are accompanied by illustrations and photographs that enhance and exemplify the arguments.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Eyal Ben-Ari\u003c\/b\u003e in \u003cb\u003eJRAI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Aesthetics of Symbolic Construction and Experience\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBruce Kapferer and Angela Hobart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eMaking Grown Men Weep\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWilliam O. Beeman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Buzz of God and the Click of Delight\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid Shulman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Songs of Love, Images of Memory\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSaskia Kersenboom\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Hindu Temple and the Aesthetics of the Imaginary\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRohan Bastin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eWhere Divine Horsemen Ride: Trance Dancing in West Africa\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSteven M. Friedson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sorcery and the Beautiful: A Discourse on the Aesthetics of Ritual\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBruce Kapferer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Transformation and Aesthetics in Balinese Masked Performances—Rangda and Barong\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAngela Hobart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eA Concise Reflection on the Brazilian Carnival\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRoberto DaMatta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eBureaucratic Logic, Bureaucratic Aesthetics: The Opening Event of Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day in Israel\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDon Handelman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eCompassion for Animals, Indifference to Humans: Non- and Misperceptions among Circus Audiences in 1970s Britain\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eYoram S. Carmeli\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041423917399,"sku":"9781571815675","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571815675.jpg?v=1750950222","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aesthetics-in-performance-formations-of-symbolic-construction-and-experience-9781571815675","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}