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020 _z9781472569479 (pbk.)
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_beng
_erda
_cUk
_dEG-ScBUE
082 0 4 _a791.3014
_bBOU
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100 1 _aBouissac, Paul,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCircus as multimodal discourse :
_bperformance, meaning and ritual /
_cPaul Bouissac.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bBloomsbury Academic / Bloomsbury Publishing,
_c2014.
300 _a216 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction, '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.
650 7 _aCircus.
_2BUEsh
650 7 _aPerforming arts
_xSemiotics.
_2BUEsh
653 _bHHUUEENN
_cSeptember2019
655 _vReading book
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_cBB