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Circus as multimodal discourse : performance, meaning and ritual

Title
Circus as multimodal discourse : performance, meaning and ritual / Paul Bouissac.
Author
Bouissac, Paul
Publication
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.

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Description
216 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Circus > Social aspects
  • Performing arts > Semiotics
  • Discourse analysis > Social aspects
  • Visual communication
  • Multimedia communications
  • Modality (Linguistics)
  • Semiotics
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-213) and index.
Contents
Circus performances as rituals: participative ethnography -- The textility of circus acts: disentangling cognition and pleasure -- Magic in the ring -- Horses which speak, count, and laugh -- Steeds and symbols: multimodal metaphors -- The staging of actions: heroes, anti-heroes, and animal actors -- Circus animals as symbols, actors, and persons -- Dancing with tigers, lying with lions: translating biology into art -- Clowns at work: a socio-critical discourse -- The imaginary circus -- Ideology and politics in the circus ring -- The post-animal circus.
Call Number
MWF 13-5999
ISBN
  • 9781441125637 (hardback)
  • 1441125639 (hardback)
  • 9781441135759 (ebook)
  • 1441135758 (ebook)
  • 9781441102614 (pdf)
  • 1441102612 (pdf)
LCCN
  • 2012034846
  • 60001686172
OCLC
809365721
Author
Bouissac, Paul.
Title
Circus as multimodal discourse : performance, meaning and ritual / Paul Bouissac.
Imprint
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-213) and index.
Other Standard Identifier
60001686172
Research Call Number
MWF 13-5999
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