Public Performances: Studies in the Carnivalesque and Ritualesque

Book Overview

Public Performances offers a deep and wide-ranging exploration of relationships among genres of public performance and of the underlying political motivations they share. Illustrating the connections among three themes--the political, the carnivalesque, and the ritualesque--this volume provides rich and comprehensive insight into public performance as an assertion of political power.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164642624X
• ISBN13: 9781646426249
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up