Circus as multimodal discourse :
Bouissac, Paul,
Circus as multimodal discourse : performance, meaning and ritual / Paul Bouissac. - 216 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction, 'Playing with Fire'1. Circus performances as rituals: participative ethnography2. The 'textility' of circus acts: disentangling cognition and pleasure3. Magic in the ring4. Horses which speak, count, and laugh5. Steeds and symbols: multimodal metaphors6. The staging of actions: heroes, anti-heroes, and animal actors7.Circus animals as symbols, actors, and persons8. Dancing with tigers, lying with lions: translating biology into art 9. Clowns at work: a socio-critical discourse 10. The imaginary circus11. Ideology and Politics in the Circus Ring12. The post-animal circusConclusionReferencesIndex.
Circus.
Performing arts--Semiotics.
--Reading book
791.3014 / BOU
Circus as multimodal discourse : performance, meaning and ritual / Paul Bouissac. - 216 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction, 'Playing with Fire'1. Circus performances as rituals: participative ethnography2. The 'textility' of circus acts: disentangling cognition and pleasure3. Magic in the ring4. Horses which speak, count, and laugh5. Steeds and symbols: multimodal metaphors6. The staging of actions: heroes, anti-heroes, and animal actors7.Circus animals as symbols, actors, and persons8. Dancing with tigers, lying with lions: translating biology into art 9. Clowns at work: a socio-critical discourse 10. The imaginary circus11. Ideology and Politics in the Circus Ring12. The post-animal circusConclusionReferencesIndex.
Circus.
Performing arts--Semiotics.
--Reading book
791.3014 / BOU