The Anthropology of Cultural Performance
by
L. Lewis
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1137343982
ISBN-13
9781137343987
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 6th, 2013
Print length
189 Pages
Weight
364 grams
Dimensions
22.30 x 13.90 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnographySocial and cultural anthropology
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Contemporary life in most nation-states is not truly cultural, but rather "culture-like," especially in large-scale societies. Beginning with a distinction between special events and everyday life, Lewis examines fundamental events including play, ritual, work, and carnival and connects personal embodied habits and large-scale cultural practices.
Contemporary life in most large-scale societies is not truly cultural, in the strong sense, but rather merely ''culture-like.'' Using a semeiotic phenomenological approach based on the work of philosopher C.S. Peirce, Lewis presents a framework for understan
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