The Routledge Companion to the Anthropology of Performance

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-38185-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 1239 g

Reihe: Routledge Companions

The Routledge Companion to the Anthropology of Performance provides a cutting-edge, comprehensive overview of the foundations, epistemologies, methodologies, key topics and current debates, and future directions in the field. It brings together work from the disciplines of anthropology and performance studies, as well as adjacent fields. Across 31 chapters, a diverse range of international scholars cover topics including:

- Ritual

- Theater

- Storytelling

- Music

- Dance

- Textiles

- Land Acknowledgments

- Indigenous Identity

- Visual Arts

- Embodiment

- Cognition

- Healing

- Festivals

- Politics

- Activism

- The Law

- Race and Ethnicity

- Gender and Sexuality

- Class

- Religion, Spirituality, and Faith

- Disability

- Leisure, Gaming, and Sport

In addition, the included Appendix offers tools, exercises, and activities designed by contributors as useful suggestions to readers, both within and beyond academic contexts, to take the insights of performance anthropology into their work. This is a valuable reference for scholars and upper-level students in anthropology, performance studies, and related disciplines, including religious studies, art, philosophy, history, political science, gender studies, and education.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, Lauren

Syring, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Installations-, Aktions-, Computer- und Videokunst

Über Autor(innen)

Lauren Miller is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Texas Tech University.

David Syring is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota Duluth.