Archaeology of Performance : Theaters of Power, Community, and Politics
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Archaeology in Society
ISBN-10
0759108773
ISBN-13
9780759108776
Publisher
AltaMira Press
Imprint
AltaMira Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 3rd, 2006
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
564 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Anthropology
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Collection of original articles exploring theatricality in the ancient world and how it affected social life and politics.
Performances in the premodern communities shaped identities, created meanings, generated and maintained political control. But unlike other social scientists, archaeologists have not worked much with these concepts. Archaeology of Performance shows how the notions of theatricality and spectacle are as important economics and politics in understanding how ancient communities work. Without sacrificing conceptual rigor, the contributors draw on the wide-ranging literature on performance. Without sacrificing material evidence, they try to see how performance creates meaning and ideology. Drawing on evidence from societies large and small, Archaeology of Performance offers an important new ways of understanding ancient theaters of power.
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