{"product_id":"cities-of-the-dead-9780231203876","title":"Cities of the Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Roach reveals how performance can revise the unwritten past, comparing patterns of remembrance and forgetting in how communities forge their identities and imagine their futures. He examines the syncretic performance traditions of Europe, Africa, and the Americas in the urban sites of London and New Orleans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction: History, Memory, and Performance\u003cbr\u003e2. Echoes in the Bone\u003cbr\u003e3. Betterton’s Funeral\u003cbr\u003e4. Feathered Peoples\u003cbr\u003e5. One Blood\u003cbr\u003e6. Carnival and the Law\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: New Frontiers\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400365252951,"sku":"9780231203876","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231203876.jpg?v=1730470504","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cities-of-the-dead-9780231203876","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}