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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- PublishedOn
- 1996-03-27
- Title
- Cities of the Dead: Circum-Atlantic Performance (The Social Foun
- Artist
- Not Specified
- ISBN
- 9780231104616
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231104618
ISBN-13
9780231104616
eBay Product ID (ePID)
101749
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Cities of the Dead : Circum-Atlantic Performance
Subject
Ethnic Studies / General, Communication Studies, Theater / History & Criticism, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Folklore & Mythology, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Modern / General, Europe / Great Britain / General, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Psychology, History
Series
The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
95-033447
Dewey Edition
20
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
791
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: History, Memory, and Performance Circum-Atlantic Memory Locations and Bearings Materials and Methods The Everlasting Club Genealogies of Performance 2. Echoes in the Bone The Effigy Performing Origins The Segregation of the Dead Bodies of Law Congo Sqaure The King is Dead-Long Live the King! 3. Betterton's Funeral "Sticks and Rags": The Celebrity as Effigy Vortices of Behavior The Life of Betterton: Talking with the Dad Canonical Memory and Theatrical Nationhood The Pinacotheca BettertonaeanaL Bibliography of origin White SKin, Black Masks 4. Feathered Peoples The Accursed Share: Abundance, Reproduction, and Sacrifice Condolence Councils and the Great Peace Windsor Forest Dimplomacy
Synopsis
The colorful handmade costumes of beads and feathers swirl frenetically, as the Mardi Gras Indians dance through the streets of New Orleans in remembrance of a widely disputed cultural heritage. Iroquois Indians visit London in the early part of the eighteenth century and give birth to the "feathered people" in the British popular imagination. What do these seemingly disparate strands of culture share over three hundred years and several thousand miles of ocean? Artfully interweaving theatrical, musical, and ritual performance from the eighteenth century to the present in London and New Orleans, Cities of the Dead takes a look at a rich continuum of intercultural exchange that reinvents, recreates, and restores history. Complemented with fifty-five illustrations, including spectacular photos of the famed Mardi Gras Indians, this fascinating work employs an entirely unique approach to the study of culture. Rather than focusing on one region, Cities of the Dead explores broad cultural connections over place and time, showing through myriad examples how performance can revise the unwritten past., Artfully interweaving theatrical, musical, and ritual performance from the eighteenth century to the present in London and New Orleans, Roach explores Atlantic rim performance cultures in a rich continuum of intercultural exchange that reinvents, recreates, and restores history. Complemented with fifty-five illustrations, including spectacular photos of the famed Mardi Gras Indians, this fascinating work employs an entirely unique approach to the study of culture. Rather than focusing on one region, Cities of the Dead explores broad cultural connections over place and time, showing through myriad examples how performance can revise the unwritten past.
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