Circus as Multimodal Discourse: Performance, Meaning, and Ritual

by Paul Bouissac

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Now available in paperback, this volume presents a theory of the circus as a secular ritual and introduces a method to analyze its performances as multimodal discourse.

The book's fifteen chapters cover the range of circus specialties (magic, domestic and wild animal training, acrobatics, and clowning) and provide examples to show how cultural meaning is produced, extended and amplified by circus performances. Bouissac is one of the world's...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1441125639

ISBN13:9781441125637

Release Date:December 2012

Publisher:Bloomsbury Academic

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.3"

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Arts, Music & Photography Language Arts Performing Arts

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